I'm Still Here

Along with Friday's secret quilting, I worked on this block on the Bee Happy...

Bee Hive

I also received these in the mail...

So Fine! Thread

It was a good thing it came too because I needed that orange for the secret quilt. 

Yesterday we did this...

Ignore the quilt...how about the machine?

DW is back home! Ya know, every time I bring him back home, it's like learning him all over again. This time his little quirk is not wanting to really stitch long stitches with the up/down button. But his regular stitches are beautiful. ???? I'll have to call tomorrow to find out the possible reason for this. 

I threw this top on (one of mine from the October retreat) and did an E2E. I hadn't done an E2E with the new tablet yet, and I knew if DW was going to be a turd, this was the time he'd do it. 

He quilted beautifully.

He only had two or three thread breaks, and I think it was my fault for getting the backing too tight. When he's perfectly timed, this happens. After he loosens up (a few million stitches in) then he's a little more flexible and I can crank that back pretty taught. 

I'm going to get this off the frame this morning and fiddle with the little "issue" of those long stitches. I had to rethread him when we got him back on the frame. I probably messed that up since I haven't had to thread this machine in like, forever.