Working away

Alas, no photos today.  And.... no I haven't forgotten about my blog either.  I've been working away on a couple of quilts which I plan to enter into exhibitions and the exhibition rules state that no photos are to be publicly shared before the exhibitions.

It's also been a bit disheartening that the exhibitions have been moved by several months.  While it is necessary for the good of all, I did lose my sewing mojo and fell into a bit  of a slump for a couple of weeks where I really didn't do much at all. 

Straight after Easter I thought "enough!"  and I cleaned every single little millimeter of my sewing room.  I moved all projects, brought in a bookcase for my books and got everything off the floor and into the cupboards.  The cupboards look so good now, lovely and neat with all project boxes and bags so nice and neatly stacked.

With a nice tidy room, I sat down to sew with my machine.  Some simple half square triangles and four patches.  Aackkk.... what is going on?  The needle kept falling out, there were skipped stitches and the tension was really off, no matter what adjustments I made.  Off to the mechanic it went.  Two issues were found - 1 was the needle clamp screw is completely worn and I am awaiting a new one and - 2 the tension disks had a build up of lint in them. 

Now I am working on a small (45in square) quilt for a "0" birthday in May.  Still no photos!  Yesterday, I tested my newly serviced machine and it purred as I pieced together the backing, binding and hanging sleeve for this '0' birthday project.

I am also hoping to get a binding sewn in the evenings on a 'catch all caddy' that I made two weeks ago and then I should have some sort of show'n'tell next week.

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my blog! :)