My report is really boring this week….Nothing in…Nothing out. Â So I’ll just tell you my yesterday sewing happenings instead.
I was sewing with my Bernina and ran out of bobbin thread. Â I filled two bobbins. Â I put one in the machine and left the other one on the spindle at the top of the machine. Â A short time later, my machine just quit working…that’s when I noticed this…
The thread end had wrapped around the wheel. Â I started unwrapping it and that’s when the thread broke…UGH!! Â I decided to wait to see if hubby could take it apart enough to get the thread off.
(Yes, hubby banged his head up.) Â He couldn’t fix it. Â He said the machine needs to go to the shop. Â I haven’t had it in for over five years so it’s time for a cleaning anyway.
So it was Betty, my featherweight, to the rescue. Â Ila, a blog reader, had sent me a quarter inch foot for it some time ago…I had tested it, and visitors had used it lots but I hadn’t used it lots yet. Â Well today, I sewed with it lots and lots. Â If you’re like me, you have lots of things to make for Christmas and NEED a sewing machine. Â I was SO thankful for the machine and the new foot Ila sent, made it SO much more enjoyable. Â THANKS Ila….
and thanks for Hubby for purchasing the machine for me. Â Look close. Â I am sewing more Perkiomen Daydreams blocks. Â I am still loving that quilt!
Oh and back to the stash report…Here are the official numbers.
Used this Week: Â 0 yards
Used year to Date: Â 205.5 Â yards
Added this Week: Â Â 9 yards
Added Year to Date: Â Â 179 yards
Gifted: Â 81 yards
Net Used for 2011:  26.5 Yards of store bought fabric…9.5 yards of recycled fabric….81yards gifted.
…and to see more stash reports, head on over to Patchwork Times.
You know, I always thought about leaving the one bobbin on the top thingy but after seeing this, I have decided to just leave it in my little purple round thingy – we quilters know the names of all our stuff, don’t we? LOL!
I’ve not seen that happen before. Very glad you had a back up.
I enjoy reading about your quilting adventures. Thanks for sharing and for the pictures.
this just validates what i already know and told my hubby – you can never have too many sewing machines! haha. i’m real glad you had the featherweight for backup. i think after the holidays i’m seriously going to look for a featherweight for myself. i have a few machines, but nothing that is in the same league as a featherweight. they are sure in a class by themselves! have fun!
Thanks for the bobbin warning – hope it will be fixed soon!
I think more pictures of Dad have been taken for the blog than have been taken in the rest of his adult life. :)
I’ve done the same thing, though I did catch it before the machine stopped functioning. I’m like Donna – when I wind a bunch of bobbins, I put them in my purple round thingy . I stash the empties on the second spool holder.
Sorry to hear about your Bernina. But good that you had a spare for backup.
Thanks for the warning. Now, I’ve got to look for a 1/4 foot for my featherweight. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, thanks for the warning. That is something I would do.
Someday there will be a featherweight under my tree…even if I have to put it there. Lucky You! I like your extra place for ‘gifted fabric’ my counts wouldn’t be so bad if not for all that I was given this year. My Secret Pal at Quilt Guild mostly.
I always leave a full (or empty) bobbin there as a spare, but guess I won’t from now on. When I’m filling a bobbin, the thread has jumped the edge and I’ve filled the shaft half full. Such a waste of thread, especially the way thread prices have gone. Stay warm, I’m still sewing my snowman door pillows.