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Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Here's my sweet girl, making a heart with her hands and wishing everyone a happy Valentine's Day.  We spent the day together yesterday, as her school is the only district in America which still has Lincoln AND Washington's birthdays off.  We had fun, going to Target, Ulta and Red Robin for lunch.  Who knows, maybe we will do it again next Monday for Washington's birthday…

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She was really into that milkshake, I tell you!

In other news, Handy Man Bill has been back for a repeat awesome performance.

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He made the opening in my sewing table larger to accommodate my new Bernina 740.  I am so happy to have this machine in place, and that we are continuing to get acquainted (the machine and I, not Bill and I).  The only thing about this machine is that is it VERY sensitive.  It has a little computer screen, as you can see, and this past weekend it lit up like Fourth of July with an alarming warning picture of gears clashing and a big red X over them.  Oh shoot, I thought I had wrecked the new machine already.  I got out the 150 page manual and found that I needed to remove the bobbin casing to see what the trouble was.  Removing the bobbin casing is a piece of cake, putting it back properly, not so much.  The problem?  A two inch piece of thread.  Okay.  I got it out, and spent 15 minutes trying to put the bobbin case back in correctly.  

I have four rows of Penny Pincher put together and hope to wrap that top up on Thursday when I have the day off.  

Hope you have a lovely Valentine's Day with your Sweetie, or on your own.  If you are by yourself, do something lovely for YOU!

39 responses to “Happy Valentine’s Day!”

  7. Happy Valentine’s Day to your sweet granddaughter! Today is my precious grandson’s 2nd birthday, so Valentine’s Day will always be extra special to my family. Have fun sewing your Penny Pincher!

  8. Happy Valentine’s Day to your sweet granddaughter! Today is my precious grandson’s 2nd birthday, so Valentine’s Day will always be extra special to my family. Have fun sewing your Penny Pincher!

  9. Happy Valentine’s Day to your sweet granddaughter! Today is my precious grandson’s 2nd birthday, so Valentine’s Day will always be extra special to my family. Have fun sewing your Penny Pincher!

  10. What a sweet Valentine date with Eva! I say you should have a milkshake lunch next Monday, too! Bobbin cases are an inevitable challenge! Your handyman did a great job adjusting the table for the new Bernina!

  11. What a sweet Valentine date with Eva! I say you should have a milkshake lunch next Monday, too! Bobbin cases are an inevitable challenge! Your handyman did a great job adjusting the table for the new Bernina!

  12. What a sweet Valentine date with Eva! I say you should have a milkshake lunch next Monday, too! Bobbin cases are an inevitable challenge! Your handyman did a great job adjusting the table for the new Bernina!

  13. Happy Valentine’s Day Nicole! SHe is growing up so fast. Adorable. it sounds like your first “adventure” of trouble with the machine went very well. All the trouble that little thread made! I like the table adjustment and so will you!
    Mary

  14. Happy Valentine’s Day Nicole! SHe is growing up so fast. Adorable. it sounds like your first “adventure” of trouble with the machine went very well. All the trouble that little thread made! I like the table adjustment and so will you!
    Mary

  15. Happy Valentine’s Day Nicole! SHe is growing up so fast. Adorable. it sounds like your first “adventure” of trouble with the machine went very well. All the trouble that little thread made! I like the table adjustment and so will you!
    Mary

  16. So nice to have a great handyman.
    Eva is just charming. How fortunate you are to have this lovely child in your life. Valentine’s Day is so much more fun with children.

  17. So nice to have a great handyman.
    Eva is just charming. How fortunate you are to have this lovely child in your life. Valentine’s Day is so much more fun with children.

  18. So nice to have a great handyman.
    Eva is just charming. How fortunate you are to have this lovely child in your life. Valentine’s Day is so much more fun with children.

  19. Happy Valentine’s Day to you! Lucky for Eva that she has two days off and a grandma to spend the day with her and buy her a milkshake.
    I’m glad that my old machine is not so complicated but in spring I’ll let her have spa time in service I think she deserves it.

  20. Happy Valentine’s Day to you! Lucky for Eva that she has two days off and a grandma to spend the day with her and buy her a milkshake.
    I’m glad that my old machine is not so complicated but in spring I’ll let her have spa time in service I think she deserves it.

  21. Happy Valentine’s Day to you! Lucky for Eva that she has two days off and a grandma to spend the day with her and buy her a milkshake.
    I’m glad that my old machine is not so complicated but in spring I’ll let her have spa time in service I think she deserves it.

  25. Looks like you 2 had a fun Girls Day !!!
    Glad you able to figure out the problem with your new machine. It sure is a beauty 😀

  26. Looks like you 2 had a fun Girls Day !!!
    Glad you able to figure out the problem with your new machine. It sure is a beauty 😀

  27. Looks like you 2 had a fun Girls Day !!!
    Glad you able to figure out the problem with your new machine. It sure is a beauty 😀

  34. Oh Nicole, don’t know if it helps but you and I have had the same experience. I just got a new Viking. My drop in shelf was 1/2″ too small. Thankfully, my neighbor is a retired cabinet maker so he enlarged it for me. The third day I had it, the cutter stopped working and the tension went completely off. Manual and YouTube finally steered me to lint in the bobbin case. Cleaned it out and then realized I, too, couldn’t figure out how to get it back in properly. I love my machine but definitely has a learning curve that I wasn’t expecting.
    And don’t get me started on what happened when I tried something simple like switching feet…lol!

  35. Oh Nicole, don’t know if it helps but you and I have had the same experience. I just got a new Viking. My drop in shelf was 1/2″ too small. Thankfully, my neighbor is a retired cabinet maker so he enlarged it for me. The third day I had it, the cutter stopped working and the tension went completely off. Manual and YouTube finally steered me to lint in the bobbin case. Cleaned it out and then realized I, too, couldn’t figure out how to get it back in properly. I love my machine but definitely has a learning curve that I wasn’t expecting.
    And don’t get me started on what happened when I tried something simple like switching feet…lol!

  36. Oh Nicole, don’t know if it helps but you and I have had the same experience. I just got a new Viking. My drop in shelf was 1/2″ too small. Thankfully, my neighbor is a retired cabinet maker so he enlarged it for me. The third day I had it, the cutter stopped working and the tension went completely off. Manual and YouTube finally steered me to lint in the bobbin case. Cleaned it out and then realized I, too, couldn’t figure out how to get it back in properly. I love my machine but definitely has a learning curve that I wasn’t expecting.
    And don’t get me started on what happened when I tried something simple like switching feet…lol!