Well, I was happily sewing along and "Bernie" has decided to get cranky so I'm taking a break. When I go back I'll start from turn-on, and then try changing the needle even though this one is only a couple of days old, I did the quilting down the Seahawk pink quilt with it. I'm putting on the binding now, first edge went nicely, I do the continuous miter thing so cut it off, and pinned the next side. Then I did some of my flying geese units for the still un-named "next" project and I started having issue after issue with the thread sensor (this model is sort of known for this, some people have to take off the front panel so they can correct/verify the threading path, but mine seems to be a sensor issue.
It's a good thing I'm only making 24 of these geese blocks (4 units per block) because I am not impressed with my workmanship so far! I'm mostly making it work but it looks awful on the back. I'm telling myself this is fun and I'm using stash but I don't seem to be fully convinced
I found the night sky fabric I was looking for using on the back of the Scrap Metal project. It was gorgeous and worked wonderfully with the binding but no metallic in it. The back I had pieced for the quilt that I decided was unworthy of it was quite a bit narrower, but it is like I cut it to fit the Scrap Metal top -- almost exactly 4" larger all around. I am again reminding myself that the name of this project is "Scrap" Metal and the goal is to use up fabric and let things happen so I'm going to use the other back even though it isn't quite so perfect in color/pattern it is in theme... again, that's part of the point and it's my quilt so I understand the point! I'll get a picture in a day or two, hubby home and watching tv in the bedroom. It's a lovely Asian floral with light gold embellishments, not enough to feel sticky on the skin. It does have a bit of blue and purple, but it's more of a rusty maroon/dark cinnamon background with lots of white flowers. Maybe this quilt did need something lighter on the background, anyway -- it's stash, it's scrap and it's getting used!