I just have to pop in to say a BIG thank you to all of you who responded. You help me so much even if you just say you can't give advise because you also have my problem. I don't feel so alone. My next question for those of you who work on more than one pieced project at a time is, how do you keep everything together at the machine? Do you work on one thing and then pack it up and pull something else out, and go back and forth? I usually have a machine pieced project, a hand applique, and maybe a hand quilting project going at the same time, but I'm not sure I could keep more than one machine project going. Thanks again everyone!!