Oh, thank you - all such kind people. New needle in - good. Finally resolved tension issues --- bottom of fmq suddenly looked like crap ---loose, loopy, sloppy, ugly. On the umpteenth time of taking bobbin out, taking screws off faceplate, cleaning those areas, and giving up and going to bed last night, I tried again this morning. Seemed like an extra stray thread finally came up from the bobbin area and all worked wonderful. Will try to get a photo of my whirlwind quilting weekend project posted tomorrow. (surprise quilt for my father in law.)