Great advice Louise. I've encountered on several projects that if something isn't working, just walk away. When I come back to it its as simple as the needle or the thread, duh me

. Today I am home from work due to my legs not behaving so I'm going into my sewing room and embroidering some hand towels for a friend of mine who has requested these about 3 yrs ago! So I'm home alone with no distraction and am able to do it. I will post pics when they're done. She likes red white and blue so it will be the theme. I also am going to do some earrings from the Sonia showalter website. Let's see how that goes.