I want to know why this needle wasn't saying Pook, pook, POOK?
This is the needle (a Microtex Sharp by the way) that was in the machine when I set it up a couple weeks ago. Since I haven't been sewing much at all the past year and a half - I can't remember when I put it in...
Maybe it was the summer of 2007 when I worked on this for the quilt shop in Mass... (in the midst's of packing and painting to move)
or the Hunters Star I worked on as a store sample as we moved from Maryland to PA in Dec. 07...
it might have been back at the apartment the spring of 2008 when I worked on this for a 10 FQ Challenge. 
OK back to the '''Point''' at hand...
Since I started sewing again this month I've sewn all of this Maple Island BQ2 top...
and I worked on these for the Quilt in a Day Tossed 9 Patch...
After finishing these 9 patches I decided to clean the dust out of the machine... which is a sad tale I'll also tell another day.
But this is what the needle looked like when I took it out.
Look at it... it's clearly bent... I didn't even need my glasses to see the bend in it! I was completely surprised because it had made not a peep or a pook as a bent needle should. Nope... quiet as a mouse...
I might have to frame it...
So... when did you change your needle last?
7 comments:
well I need to change it ! That's all I'll admit too !
I like that first quilt . Thanks for the preview. I have fabric I collected for that one and now I really want to get to it ! : )
That sure was one bent needle ! I'm surprised it didn't CLUNK never mind Pook !! but I do get a lot of pook'n when mine is dull
Mary
Uhm...I must be a bit crazy I go through needles so quickly...no pook, pook, pook here. Maybe a little skip with the rotary cutter, nothing that a quick flip of the blade won't cure, sometimes.
Teri
I change my needles pretty frequently. I like to use one to piece a quilt, and then another one to free-motion it.
Pretty sure I changed mine last week. :) Yup, should frame that needle!
cheryl, Your BQ2 Quilt is the one I was trying to describe to you, last week!!!! My focus fabric is Fl. blues with pink flamingos.
I still think that would be a perfect mystery or teaching quilt.
I changed my needle when I made a block for Marlene's quilt, God rest her soul.
xxoo
neen
last week!! After I found my missing box of needles.
This is my first visit to your blog, so I've got some catching up to do!
Please tell us about the 10 FQ challenge. I looked for a later post about it and haven't seen one, but I love what you made!
Hi Kim,
I have a post in the works about that challenge and others that I've participated in... they are always a lot of fun! I've been pondering a new challenge that I may just throw out into the Blog world to see if anyones interested...
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