Mwahahahaha!

My mum-in-law has let me know that my new car, a Honda Fit, is called a Jazz in the UK.

You hear that? That is the sound of naming possibilities falling into order!

Plan Remanded To Drawing Board For Further Refinement

I was going to work more on the green petticoat tonight. Finish the gathering stitches, at least, and start pinning.

Except, though the 401 will stitch... the presser foot bar will not lower. ^_^;; Kind of missed checking that last night. So I have oiled everywhere that it might be sticking, and gently tapped it a few times with a hammer. Tomorrow I'll pull the hairdryer off the workbench in the garage (yes, the hairdryer lives in the garage; this is because the only thing it gets used for is fixing sewing machines) and see if heating things yields any results. I've had to do this before, with the 15, and it's just a matter of time and patience. Despite it being metal and me being flesh, it will yield to my will. Eventually.

Possibly just as well; I'm suspecting the tension mechanism will also need some TLC.