I can only say this to an audience who understand - I HATE my walking foot.
It doesn't walk. The little swinging arm thingy gets stuck in the up position and it refuses to walk properly. It's been doing this for a while, I either take it off and fiddle it up and down and try to brush it (it's not dirty to start with) or I hold my finger so that it forces the little arm thingy to go down. Which invariably ends up with me getting my finger squished.
But never has this been such a problem as now, when I'm trying to quilt my red stach and slash quilt. I've opted for following the stack and slash lines, quilting on either side of the seam. Rita over at Red Pepper Quilts often quilts like this.

And it creates interesting lines on the back, since it is made up of straight line piecing.
Oh well, must perservere. The quilt is made up of 6 large blocks so am going to try and do half to one block per day. Any suggestions as to what ails my walking foot? Or do I just spend the $50 and get a new one?
It was bothering me the other day that Husband Guy is the only person I've never made a gift for. You would think it would be easy but not so. Not long after I had this thought he suggested that I make him some sort of exercise mat. I said I would love to, he thought I was being sarcastic, in the end he opted to purchase a yoga style mat. His most helpful suggestion for something to make was to make one of those draft stopping snake things to put under the door to stop the cool air from the air con escaping.
*look of disgust from me*
Anyway, Husband Guy loves to cook and I was thinking that the potholders we have were looking very dirty and ratty. So I made him some new ones. It is a very practical gift, not romantic or personal in the least. But I know he will use them and see them every day.
Made in the same way as coasters, with 2 layers of batting (I used wool) and quilted with a simple spiral pattern.
Pop over to the blog of the World's biggest hexagon quilt challenge to see how big it is now!
They've had the most fantastic results with hexagons coming from people of all ages all over the world.
I can't wait to go and see the finished result!
After saying yesterday that I hadn't done any sewing, I felt guilty, so I cleaned off my sewing table (instead of unpacking) and finished off one Wonderland cushion and started another.
So 'ta dah' my 2 finished Wonderland by Momo cushions for my red couch. To be teamed eventually with my Wonderland Quilt.
I think I'll make 2 more out of my Odyssea fabric now.