Another rainy day

Last night I was distracted...I was trying to start this little coiled mat...

I could not even get that first little center section of the tan done.  My machine kept dropping the bobbin thread.  I kept trying different things and nothing worked.  I decided to give up after a while and wait till today.  This last photo were after two or three hours today...

I discovered that my machine does not like for me to slow down.  It sews fine until I slow down and then either it drops/skips a stitch or the top thread breaks.

This thing is probably about 8 or 10 inches across...I am not sure what I am going to do with it.  The clothesline I am wraping in fabric is not cotton, so not sure how it would hold up as a mat for setting hot pots on.  Still, I like it....