Quilting Getaway - Saturday

*** Note: This post should have went live last Friday, 19 May - not sure what happened.

A little slower start today.  I was battling a sinus headache.  While waiting for the meds to kick in and clear the cobwebs, I cooked a lovely breakfast,

and pulled Walter out of his case.  I haven't touched him since he came back from his tune-up.  Hmm, not the best way to handle machines. 

While the test stitch piece under the needle looked okay - the proof in always in the pudding. 

And the first lines, were NOT up to scratch and there was an excess of oil about.  Some tweaking of the upper tension and I had a much better stitch out. I need to grab a long strip and open Walter up full throttle but instead I switched out to Workhorse as I wanted to get on to the Van Gogh challenge quilt.

In order to tell the Van Gogh story, I'll need to go back a few months and start at the beginning.  I hope you don't mind coming along on a trip down memory lane. It's time to share the story.