May 29, 2004--Quilting

I'm finally trying to work on a quilt that I started over two years ago and still haven't finished. It's very big and definately the hardest quilt I've ever attempted. Problem is, my old treadle sewing machine isn't working well anymore. I spent quite a bit of time working on it, greasing it and cleaning it, trying to tighten the belt, finding the bobbins, and replacing the bobbin holder with a long nail, to discover that the plate to the bobbin compartment is missing. I want to get a new sewing maching. Erick wants to fix the old one (it's his great-grandmother's) and then save up for an expensive one, but I don't want to sink money into parts for this one when I could just take the money and get a cheap one for now that works and backstitches, as well.