sewing fail Last Sunday, for the first time in ages, I had a whole free day! I couldn't go to the poor neglected garden (again) due to rain, I was too lazy to go get a haircut, and didn't urgently need groceries. I thought I'd peruse my fabric stash and start on a new project. Maybe a Mei Tei for this baby?

Then I remembered that I have a baby quilt to finish, for some unknown baby. This quilt I actually started when I was in grad school I think... many years ago! I don't remember which baby it was going to be for, but they are long out of diapers at this point! I suppose if this one is a boy, it'll get first dibs? Though my quilter aunt seems to be scoping out colors from us, so I bet hers would be nicer! Anyhow... have been in a finishing sort of mood lately, so I thought I'd start finishing it!

I managed to get all the flannel squares quilted, and assembled the binding. Then, as I was sewing the binding on, my machine started.. freezing up! Then it would go again. Yikes. So I oiled it and greased it, and still the same. Ugh. I was 1/3 done with the front of the binding! *sob!*

Now my machine looks like this:


And the quilt looks like this (except where it doesn't!):


Hopefully my machine will start working again soon, or I can get to my moms to finish! Sigh... may be time for the repair shop. I'm sure it needs a tune-up anyhow, considering the age of the poor machine!

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In other news, am recovering from pregnancy cold of death! I coughed so hard my rib got displaced. One of the joys of pregnancy? (I can't decide if this is making up for the lack of heartburn and morning sickness so far...) Today I'm heading to a chiropractor in the hopes that they will fix it somehow? I have no idea, and have never been so not a clue what to expect! Will be interesting.  ¶ 07:32