quilterella

First of all, I would like to apologize for all the whining I have done lately. May 3, I whined about my car dying, and my Janome 6600 croaking. Then on May 15, I whined about all the grief my Tin Lizzie was giving me. My apologies. I really appreciate the fact, that, all the board members, listen, without judgement and always give lots of encouragement for our daily trials and tribulations...thankyou. My DH was looking at my TL yesterday and he was as baffled as I was. We tried various tension adjustments, new needle, killed all the dust bunnies and still no luck. He said " let me see the bobbin case." I told him, I had dropped it a few times, but, I didn't think that would make a difference (I tend to have the droppsies many days with MS). Sure enough, I had bent the bobbin casing. He bent it back, just alittle, and said "try this". Well here is the miracle...IT WORKS GREAT! Needless to say, as soon as we can afford it, I will be ordering a new bobbin case, just to have as a spare. I had put on a new practise piece the day before, but, hadn't had the nerve to try it yet, so I thought...GO FOR IT. These are pictures of my first effort of using a pantogram and some free style quilting. I still need to practise, but, I think this looks pretty darn good. I will bind this piece and give it to my DGS who is 8 yrs old and a real fishing enthusist. Thanks for bearing with me through this and thanks for looking at my first project.

justlooking

Very nice! Love the fabric too.

LoriEl

Looks like you're doing great! I also just love that bright fishy, seahorse fabric.

littlehud

I'm so happy she is up and running again. Love the quilt you are working on. Such cute fabric.

Enchanted Quilter

So glad to hear all is well w/tin lizzie. I know when my gambill ( I call her Maw ) is acting up i can get real grouchy. My DH goes to to the computer room. Lots times he makes dinner for us if I have a "problem" Take care enjoy your quilting.

lindy

I think it's funny that a LA machine is called a Tin Lizzy. We have 2 original Tin Lizzy's and they certainly aren't quilting machines. LOL

amma

I am happy to hear that your run of bad luck has ended! Your quilting looks great :D:D:D

eastermarie

Glad it was something simple and fixable. Nice quilt. Looks like you have a good set up for quilting.

amandasgramma

WONDERFUL!!! I wish all problems were so easily solved!!!!

zipit

I am glad that it was something simple.