I finished yesterday's project
Wait until you see what I used for the backing.... wait for it.... wait for it....
It's one of those printed panels that you cut out and assemble... this one was for a vest - well, that wasn't going to happen LOL. In the pic it's turned sideways so that you can see it a little better.
Now, for this morning's quilting... here's where we count to 10 ... Very Slowly.... I have the guild's quilt that Gloria gave me to quilt up. Practice piece went just fine.... the quilt itself is going fine, it's just that my top thread kept breaking and I was getting VERY frustrated. It didn't help that Chewy (one of our cats) was yowling for his lunch ( started about 10:30 - lunch is at NOON). I ended up turning my cd player's volume up ALL THE WAY just to drown him out.
And to add to my frustration, I'm waiting to hear back from the urologist's office AGAIN. We're trying to schedule an appointment for hubby so that he can get the stent removed. I really don't want to drive to East Lansing ( it will take longer to get there than it will for them to remove the stent) and want it done here in town. When I asked the dr. about it on Friday, he said it could be done here in town on Wed., but he's not scheduled to be there this week and, apparently, his associate who will be here, doesn't do 'jobs' for other in the practice. Ratchin' Fratchin'!!
Ok back to Mo'e.... the top thread kept breaking arghhh! Finally think I found the problem... it's the first eyelet that the thread goes through from the cone; the thread was catching on it. I tried just about everything else trying to figure it out... waiting for Jason to return my call ( found the problem after I called him)... you wouldn't think that I'd need a new plastic 'eye' for it already, but maybe. All I knew was that I had used the thread before without any problems - so why, all of a sudden was it acting up. It was a new bobbin - a prewound that my cousin, Cathy, gave me. I'm assuming that it's Bottomline thread. It ( the bobbin case) was giving me a little problem at first, but wasn't the cause of the top thread breaking.
The dr's office just called back... hubby has appt for Wed. afternoon here in town. But now they have to call me back to let me know if the dr wants a follow up ( his associate WILL be removing the stent) in a week or so.
Ok, guess I'll try and work on the guild quilt again. Crossin' my fingers that it will work right this time. ( of course, it wouldn't act up like this if it had been one of my practice pieces! )
TTYL
Jason just returned my call... it's not the eyelet, I just need to use the cone pin closest to the pole (that holds the eyelet 'arm')... otherwise, there's too much friction and it'll mess up. I don't know why they have two cone holders if you're only supposed to use one... shaking my head.
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