nor the battle to the strong, sometimes it is brains over brawn... but in my house today there were no brains, not mine anyway. There was no swiftness either :>)
After spending the afternoon reading I thought to make another SBS redwork block . I started it and halfway through, there was a most awful screeching . Of course I was not at the machine, are we ever at the machine when it goes wrong. Off comes the hoop , only to discover the first idiotic thing I did today, the bobbin was empty and this machine had a bobbin reminder saying time to change bobbins. But I know more than the machine and I was using rayon thread so the bobbin sebsor is a bit off and I just take it a bit longer. Then stupid #2, Shift the fabric a bit in the hoop to straighten it. NO!! That threw the design off centre. But sometimes that is not too , too awful so I finished the stitchout. #3 Sprayed the design to remove the blue centre mark that I used the blue pen for only to see the fabric shrink up a bit on both blocks. AARRRGGGGHHHH, You know what comes next, right? I cut the fabric without washing it up first and I had several block pieces already cut . My brain has been out for a while from the heat I guess. :<( So the blocks that I got ready are now washed and in the dryer. First smart thing I did today!!
On the other hand I did do some FMQ on my baby quilt just two more blocks left to do. There are only 6 blocks LOL. When I do this little quilt it hurts my shoulders and hands, it is very hard to move for some reason and yes the feed dogs are down. It has a flannel backing and that seems to be difficult for my machine.
I'll do those two tomorrow after we come home from the hospital where Ray has to see a new rheumatologist as his wonderful one moved to Kamloops. I hope this one is as good and as nice as the first one.
No more sewing for me today , maybe some knitting....
Have a nice evening and stay out of the heat. Kalispera!
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