Closer to a couple of finishes

First project was taking the quilt off from Mo'e so that I could unstitch all that I had stitched about three months ago. It took a few hours over two days to get all those stitches out, but it's done and now it all sits on my table while I decide what to do with it. Do I load it back onto Mo'e and try again or do I sandwich it together with pins and quilt it on my domestic? Can't decide. Next up was actual quilting...on my domestic. The final three blocks of the sunbleached/appliqued are done.

Then, on Friday and Saturday, I worked on getting caught up on my two block of the month challenges. I needed to do two blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge...

and, on Saturday, I made up the final three blocks for the current fatcat patterns BOM.

Now that I have the fatcat blocks complete I need to decide on sashing and border fabrics. I'll shop through my stash first...should be something there...if not, I'll just have to look elsewhere won't I? :). I still have one more crossbody bag set to make and may do that this week. I'm also trying to load backing fabric onto Moe so that I can get a quilt completed but just haven't been up to standing long enough to do it... will keep trying this week. I was having a terrible time with my domestic machine this week. First, I thought I had broken the needle threader because I couldn't get it to work and couldn't see the little pin that goes in the needles eye. Tried calling the local dealer to see if they had a replacement in stick and if they could replace it while I waited there in the store...this was Wednesday and when I called, a recording informed me that they are closed on Wednesdays (news to me). So I went back to my machine and threading the needle myself when I noticed the little wire was indeed there where it's supposed to be. Tried using the needle threader a couple more time when I finally noticed that the needle was bent! Changed the needle and the threader works! Imagine that! The next thing was that I was having trouble seeing my stitching as it was going under the foot and needle (hard to explain). I had just had my eyes checked a couple of months ago so couldn't believe it was my eyes even though that's what it felt like. I checked the light that's under the arm of the machine and it was working so the only thing I could figure was my aging eyes and moving my Ott light closer to the machine. Then, all of a sudden (probably the next day lol) I remembered the light that's inside the machine and shines down on where the needle and foot are. Yep! Burned out bulb. Well, I know that the last time I needed a new bulb it cost me something like $10 and that was several years ago so figure that it's more now. then when you add in the cost of gas to get there and back...so, I went online and found a dealer down in Tennessee who sells the bulbs for $3.99. I ordered 2 ( always good to have a backup). With shipping, it was still less than $20. Ok, I guess that's probably it for me this week. But, before I go, I'll share a couple of pics I took of local fall colors...

take care