Moan!

I finished snipping the rag quilt. Yay! I also made a small quilted bag with fabric I won in a contest a while back. It's really cute!

But...

My machine needs repair. The presser foot tension is messed up. I looked it up, and it may be more than $250 to fix. I'm going to give it a good cleaning tomorrow, just in case some flannel fluff got stuck somewhere. I was lazy and didn't do it after finishing the rag quilt. I'm pretty sure there's a bunch of crud under the bobbin case that I couldn't see with the regular brushing at bobbin changes.

I'm sure I won't be lucky, and that's not enough. The adjustment dial has been acting goofy for a while. I always store the machine with the foot down, but who knows what shape the spring may be in. I can't do any free motion quilting without this machine. I have two others in the house that will do general sewing and piecing, but I need to do FMQ!

I don't have the money to fix this. I don't even have groceries, or grocery money, until two weeks from now. Why does the universe hate me so?