Hi all, this thread is great. I think we all have something that someone else will think is a bad habit. We do the best we can do. I do not know where to oil my machine (book doesn't say where). Read that 3 in 1 oil is not to be used for the machine. Tried to tell my DH that and he keeps saying it's for everthing. Hard to believe how much better a new blade works. I always press seams no matter how small, never put pins in mouth, put threads in pile on table and clean up after a round of quilting. Sew some things I do right. Working on the others. BrendaK