![Elephant Rock](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-TPFZwTp/0/c5006da4/M/IMG_7399-M.jpg)
They don't call me Queen of the Last Minute fer nothin'...
![whole cloth elephant](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-22BqKpD/0/41ac83cb/M/IMG_7398-M.jpg)
The quilting on this baby was finished at 10:24 p.m., and I have to work in the morning, so the binding is going to have to wait until probably this weekend.
![not so visible in black](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-FgVWwMJ/0/cfb23890/M/D07F7180-539B-4624-B976-5C5D49483FE3-M.jpg)
Nevertheless, it was good practice, and I'm so relieved to know I don't have to take Ringo (my longarm) in for servicing just yet.
![perfect stitches](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-W3VmB3x/0/5a49e272/M/IMG_7402-M.jpg)
I decided to do this practice piece before I begin quilting Matthew's quilt because I want Matthew's quilt to be perfect. I've been having tension problems again with Ringo, and I started out this elephant whole cloth (drawn in chalk by me) with a broken needle. Three stitches in. I couldn't find the broken needle tip, and I was afraid it might be caught somehow in the quilt or in the machine. Thankfully, I found the needle fragment on the floor as I was burying thread ends. And ever so thankfully, we didn't find it in our feet!!!
![one of my favorite details](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-B8S8phf/0/89df185d/M/IMG_7400-M.jpg)
I still think Ringo will go in for servicing because I think it needs calibration. But it did a great job on this quilt, once I got the new needle in place. I had to look up how to put the new needle in again; but once I got the technique, that step was a breeze, too. And now, once I get this thing bound, I won't be as nervous about loading Matthew's quilt onto the longarm!
![need to figure out a way to photograph the black side](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-7tq6vNL/0/b7749f30/M/IMG_7397-M.jpg)
Linking up with Alycia Quilts.
Wow, Deb, fantastic job! And I'm glad you found the needle tip (painlessly).
ReplyDeleteA super great practice piece!!!
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