I am not asking would you believe I sewed some today....
I only made 6 of these today....the squares were already cut and paired. What I was going to ask is would you believe it took me over an hour to sew them?
I set down to sew, and realized the machine was not making stitches....I thought I had ran out of bobbin thread. Looked and no, it had thread. The thread on top had been broken. We won't say how.
So, since I had taken the bobbin out I thought I would take time to clean the lint out that was gathered down there. I took the throat plate off and got the little brush that came with the machine. I have another that I bought but it was over with a different machine, so rather than walk 3 or 4 steps, I chose to work with what I had.
The little brush that comes with the machine is maybe 4 inches long...that is handle AND bristles...so not very long. I always reach way back under the bobbin race and any place I can to get the lint. Today, I dropped the brush while reaching back under. The tip was sticking out but I could not hold on to it and managed to send it beyond my reach. I used a pair of curved, long tweezers and managed to hold on to it long enough to pull it out.
So, go to put my throat plate on and managed to lose a screw to that...I was panicking...but gave a second look at back where I had lain it out of the way and there it was. All this is why it took me so long to sew those few 4-patches.
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With that I will leave you with Ken Davis...I hope you enjoy.
He is one of my favorites. If you don't watch any of it, start at about the 4 minute part and watch the rest of it. It is hilarious.
