It is supper time . . . thank goodness. I have truly worn myself out today. I have been working with doing machine quilting using transparent 100% nylon thread with regular thread in the bobbin. When you sew in the ditch, it means you sew where two quilt blocks come together, aka: the ditch. Steady Eddie is required so as to not weave out of that ditch and make the stitching very apparent when it pops up on the surface here and there and everywhere. I remember seeing the tip of the nylon thread and decided to give it a try. Yes, very little to spy when I veered. As the spool emptied, it had a tendency to coil and twist prior to feeding into the sewing machine. For some time I had not noticed that and I was about to have a hissy fit trying to understand why the thread was breaking so often.
“Slow Down, You Move too Fast. Gotta Make the Morning Last.” I needed to slow way down to make this project last before it hits the waste basket. All that was needed was to slow down the stitching while keeping one hand at the point of the thread entering the machine allowing the thread to flow through my finger tips with no coils or kinks. I took turns getting the less than great reaching arms and saw the project through. Heck no! There was no way I was going to give up or give in.
That aspect of the project is done and my arms are weary. Amazing what old people put themselves through. I know I am my harshest critic and that is not going to change. So . . . rest up, tomorrow is another day.