Monday, April 6, 2020

I actually took care of some business this morning. For several mornings I’ve brought a cup of coffee upstairs planning to start pulling the paperwork for our income taxes. For several mornings I’ve got dragged (very willingly) into the internet rabbit hole. But today I was determined to get started. I have a lot of scanning to do but if I do a little every day I can get it to the accountant before the middle of the month.

My block for today has a few bugs in it. Yes, there are mistakes but I couldn’t resist throwing in a bit of bug-related fabric. Sadly the Covid-19 bug isn’t nearly as cute as these ones!

I’ve started quilting another donation quilt. It is one I made but from fabric the Guild gave me on our recent Community Quilt weekend. I ran into a bit of a problem first thing but I was able to determine that it was an operator error. The quilt wasn’t feeding properly; I rethreaded, I lowered and raised the feed dogs and finally I went online for some help. The first suggestion I read that made any sense was to unscrew the bobbin plate as perhaps it wasn’t set properly; I had removed it when I cleaned the machine so I assumed that was likely what was wrong.

I only got one screw removed when I realized I had the walking foot attached but I hadn’t lowered (and put in motion) the walking foot lever. Things went smoothly after that.

I’m not sure how I did it but after lunch a piece of my tooth broke off. I didn’t eat anything hard or crunchy (cottage cheese and a tomato) so I think perhaps over time the edge of the tooth has worn thin. That’s what I think happened but I expect it will be awhile before I have it confirmed (or rejected) by a dentist.