Progress has Halted

The quilt was moving along swimmingly. I finished half of the outside squares. There are four small outside squares in each block of Storm at Sea- a small square with two sets of triangles around it, making a square within a square within a square. A square cubed! At any rate, half of those mini-blocks are completely done. And about a half of the remaining ones are done but for the very last seam, that very last triangle. And my sewing machine, my pretty little Singer Athena 2000, just up and halted. Bam. It tries to whir, and then the needle just locks.

I'm hoping it just needs oiling. Really.

In the meantime, I'll probably set up my Rocketeer and see how that goes. I have a sneaking suspicion I stopped using it because it also needs some love and attention from the Sew-Vac repairman. In which case all progress really will have to halt on my Storm at Sea.

ARGH!

Am I a truly terrible person for having a momentary delusion that this would be a great time to just buy a Bernina? I won't, of course. Two sewing machines is frankly bad enough for a studio apartment, if I move up to three (and none of them a serger, even) I really will be certifiably nuts. I know I have oil for the machines around here someplace, and I think I know where the closest repair shop is to the new place.

In the meantime, I guess it is back to the knitting. That cashmere stole really should be done before winter. Not to mention the mystery stole...