Do you ever play Thread Chicken or Bobbin Chicken --
seeing if you can finish the task before one or the other runs out?
Yesterday I was keeping an eye on the thread ...
...when the machine started making the mechanical sound it makes when the bobbin gets low.
I sewed on, keeping an eye on the thread and my stitching. I finished the task at hand with thread to spare so I stitched on, whipping up a pile of cutoff HSTs.
In the end, I had about a foot of thread left and this much still on the bobbin.
Sometimes I win, but more often I don't 😞
How about you?
I do that, too! It's one of my "untils" -- "I'll piece these squares until the bobbin (or this spool) runs out."
ReplyDelete.......and there's always a feeling of triumph when both the spool and the bobbin run out at the same time. Admittedly, that doesn't happen very often.
ReplyDeleteI'm always playing that game! "Can I get one more (seam, row, block) out of this bobbin?!" Sometimes I make it, sometimes I don't!
ReplyDeleteI’m always praying to the bobbin gods!!
ReplyDeleteI like to get as much done as I can and often I seem to run out of bobbin thread
ReplyDeleteI have never seen the needle go through a pin before. And you say your needle is fine which is amazing. Glad you were able to cobble together the final leaves of Churn Dash. And I've sewn for quite a while sometimes and not realized the bobbin emptied out a while back. Grrr when that happens. You were lucky and look at that lovely pile of perfect HST"S!
ReplyDeleteLOL!! Congrats on your BIG win, Libby!!!
ReplyDeleteYay for your win! I do that with the bobbin. Sometimes I lose. Lucky you this time!
ReplyDeleteThe bobbin lasts forever if you're thinking "I'll just sew till the bobbin runs out", but if your attention drifts for even a moment you'll find that the bobbin ran out about a mile and a half ago...
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