First, I finished my 2023 Pride of the Prairie Challenge quilt. Here are the rules:
Details for the 2023 Quilt Show Quilt Challenge
The Quilt Challenge will be one of Imagination and inspiration.
Pick a significant moment or event in your life that has stood out to you. It can be anything! The birth of a child, your first kiss, first date, learning to drive, your wedding day, a marriage proposal, a memorable 4th of July or Holiday, etc.
Well, I had already started a toilet paper quilt (made one for my inlaws back in 2020), so I figured that I could use the one I was making for myself in the challenge.
Covid Toilet Paper Shortage quilt |
Done!
I started straight line quilting on Emmalynn's Compass quilt. Well, as I was quilting, I saw a spot on the yellow. As I continued quilting, more spots appeared. Oh no!
spots on the yellow parts |
As I was finishing the quilting on the Tinkerbell quilt for the Villa Rosa blog hop, the walking foot started squeaking, so, when I was done, I decided to add a drop of oil to the walking foot (and carefully wiped the walking foot down afterwards). Evidently, using the walking foot really distributed the old oil & grease all thru the walking foot. Well, I promptly took the walking foot off and cleaned it again. Oh my! This is the napkin that I used to clean the walking foot.
napkin after cleaning the walking foot |
I wiped until I didn't see any black marks (then wiped more, just in case). I can't clean the spots on the quilt until I'm finished quilting and binding the quilt. Oh well. Hopefully the oil/grease will come out with some Dawn. On a positive note, the walking foot doesn't squeak anymore.
I'm still figuring out how I am going to quilt all the different parts of this quilt.
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