The quilt that stopped my machine

I had 4 tops to quilt on the frame. After finishing the bear, the next I loaded last weekend was the Christmas tree. 

I intend to send the quilt to my mum since we won't be together for Christmas this year because of the travelling restrictions. I quilted with a string of lights

and finished by signing.

I thought it would be a good reminder to quilt "Covid" as well since this year has been all about this nasty virus. Well, I only managed "Cov" until my machine stopped. Point blank stop. Needle down, into the quilt, hand wheel not moving... This nasty virus is powerful!

I carefully operated the hand wheel while helping the needle up gently and managed to get it out that way. And it went straight to a lovely local guy who took very good care of it. Nothing broken thankfully, just in desperate need of a good service/cleaning/oiling. I was lucky to get my machine back 2 days later, all singing and dancing so I finished the quilting it and attaching the binding. Hopefully it will be ready to go very soon.


Celine

Comments

  1. Flickenstichlerin7 December 2020 at 08:50

    The machine quilting looks very good.

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  2. Archie The Wonder Dog7 December 2020 at 17:51

    Thank goodness it was an easy (and, I hope, cheap) fix! The quilt looks wonderful!

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