I was working very hard this weekend knocking out squares to finish these quilts for my nieces. I’m running out of time; plus I really want to see how they come out.

I got back to it this morning, stitched up another strip to a group of squares and noticed it’s totally messed up; I have loose threads everywhere. I’d been meaning to change the needle so I did that. Was due to oil everything so I opened it up and took care of that too. Completely re-wound the bobbin and re-threaded everything. Stitched a long line on a scrap of fabric and it’s still the same big mess.

So I’m in a panic at this point thinking “where is my old machine,” and “does it still work,” and “can I get to Mom’s to borrow hers,” and “what am I going to do?” Yikes.

Then I finally notice that Missy RM has cruised by at some point and set the upper tension to “0″. Ahhh, perhaps that’s the problem?

Boy she keeps me on my toes!