Sewing Saturday
Thursday and Friday were taken up with canning and exercise and all that sort of thing, but since I'm really, really, REALLY tired today, it's a sewing day! First I set up Jeeves to start on two denim bags for gifts, and got this far before I remembered that I should change to a heavier needle for denim. I don't think I've embroidered on denim before, but it is a very heavy fabric for a regular embroidery needle. Luckily, the last needle in this package was a heavy embroidery one, which never happens. I'm a bit delighted to have used up another package of machine needles, because I have a stash of those as well, but that's almost mandatory. Between the ones for different fabrics, different threads, and having 4 machines, I go through them regularly. I don't always remember to change needles for each new project, but I try, and every time I have a problem, the first thing I do is to check the needle. These are expensive machines, and I...