I setup a pantograph and started Erik quilting on Tractor Beam.
Then it was one thing after another. First of all, Erik really hates quilting right-to-left, so he shredded the thread every chance he got. I even changed from Aurifil to Wonderfil thread because it's 3-ply and a little thicker. That reduced the number of shreddings a bit, but didn't eliminate them.
Then the sew-head went black, the lights went out and it stopped. That scared the heck out of me! So on a walk-around I discovered the plug on the back had worked its way out. I plugged it in, restarted, and got him working again. Phew.
THEN, the darn hopping foot, #74 with a plastic cup, broke! Good grief, I guess I'm lucky the needle didn't run over it and jam up the machine.
I gave up for the day, and went to join the Brave Patch Finish it Friday get-together.
I made this week's Art East Quilting Mini block, #35, The Thread.
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