Saturday, December 8, 2018

No Good Fortune

Today hasn't been a complete waste:
I made one test unit of the third "Good Fortune" clue, using Bonnie's method of drawing lines.

When cut apart, it yielded pieces that were probably close enough to the correct size:

But that was all I managed. The treadle machine then decided to stop making proper stitches (it skipped stitches then broke the thread), and my Lotus had a go at chewing up a few more. At the end of the frustrating day this is all I have.

I also spent a bit of time looking at sewing machines on Gumtree and Ebay...

7 comments:

Kate said...

How frustrating!

Pink Rose said...

Doh dear Vireya very frustrating .

Julierose said...

Oh too bad that your machine broke down; tha block looks tough...angles and all hugs, Julierose

Needled Mom said...

It is so frustrating when you have sewing days like that.

Jeanette said...

This is not a good block to sew at the best of times. Hope your machine frustrations are solved soon.

jacaranda said...

Oh dear, very annoying.

Florence said...

i dread doing these,,,but i got them done, i bought and use the angler2, and it works so good for making these, i cant cut all those little pieces and dont like making the lines,,love your new machine