One stitch forward, two stitches back

Over last weekend, Wonderful Husband showed me how to sort my bookmarks on Firefox. Which led to going through them, weeding out duplicates, dead links, and things which no longer interest me. It also led to reading some quilting blogs I haven't looked at in a few years. Subsequently, I've dug out and completed a half-finished quilt top. Problem is, it's a queen size quilt. Too big for me to quilt on any of my machines, which leaves either doing it by hand (and we're heading into summer), or hiring out the work. I need to look around at the local machine quilters, but I'm guessing it'll be in the range of $150-200. So it's being put aside for now.

Wanting a project I could quilt on my own machines, I picked a pattern, pulled fabrics off my shelves, and have cut out the pieces to make a baby quilt. Feeling saucy, I pulled out my Singer 99 to try sewing it on that. Only to discover that, no, I never did get a bobbin cover for that machine.

Fine, then. I turned to the half-restored Singer 15 treadle. And managed to wind the bobbin. Only to discover that the needle timing is off. And that my legs are long enough, knee-to-foot, that I'm constantly hitting the underside of the treadle cover.

Thusly, I'm calling it a wash for this evening, and going to bed.