Ever have one of those days when you probably just should not be quilting? Mine was today. I now have my overly pin basted Creature Feature top (See picture in another post) all made into the perfect quilt sandwich. This morning I attached my walking foot, threaded up a bobbin and threaded the machine with Coats and Clark cotton machine quilting thread. I worked and fiddled all morning with my machine tension to try to get the perfect stitch. Nothing was working. I finally decided that I had adjustments done to do ok. So Off I started with my stitch in the ditch. Two horizontal center anchor rows done, and what a mess, the thread bubbled on the underside, the thread broke once, and I discovered that the all cotton coats and clark was fraying into the thread up take area of my machine. I thought it was a problem with the machine. Hubby decided to re-read my machine book, and asked all kinds of questions. The final result was him riding his motorcycle to the fabric shop for new needles, and then again for different thread. Bless him!!! I switched to a sharper quilting needle and an all purpose thread and finally got some perfect stitch in the ditch rows. I don't think I am a fan of the CC machine cotton quilting thread, but there is not a lot to chose from here locally. My machine seems to love the all purpose. Go figure.