WIP Wednesday nearly Screwed!

I've had a bit of a frustraiting start to the week.
My regular sewing machine, the Husquvarna Lily has been recently experiencing some screw tightening issues where the foot attaches. You know, that metal bar that holds the feet. Well when this first happened about a week ago, I almost had a heart attack. Why wouldn't my screw tighten in the hole?!?! Then I realized there was some strippage (my own word) going on. The screw lost some screwy-ness. So I hunted for another screw. Problem solved. Or so I thought!

Yesterday I was gleefully enjoying my new machine cover and was so ready to jump into some FMQing of my art quilt on the wall. (Another from my FAL Q1 list!) I innocently unscrewed the regular foot to replace it with my FMQ foot, and then it happened again! My new screw would not be held in the hole!!! Dear Lord, how I almost lost it. I wasn't in the greatest mood to begin with, and this just about killed it. I promptly went on a search for some of that screw tape stuff plumbers use.

 Found some! Merrily returned to the studio feeling good about my improv solution, wrapped the screws and tried them out. Surely this will work, I thought.
No. It did not.
I had to find something else to do before my brain exploded. There's nothing worse then something not working at the exact moment you feel inspired to use it!!!
So I brought out my featherweight which had been giving me serious tension issues the last time I attempted to use it. Fearful that I'd have another failed fix, I crossed my fingers, got out the manuels and took a deep breath.

After a little tinkering, I found that the stupid needle screw thingy wasn't tightened on the opposite side. DUH! I got her working in no time, easily. Crisis averted. Whilst sewing up new doll bodies for the sad paper mache heads that have been floating around, I thought of another temporary solution to my screw tightening dileima on the Lily. I clear coated the shaft hole (pardon my language) with clear nail polish. A couple coats. I've let it dry and will reattempt a screw tightening tonight!

I leave you with lovely visuals of the mess I made yesterday. I like messes when they are full of making! There are visions of a horse doll coming!

The sketch above is courtesy my significant other and his amazing sketching abilities. Horse dolls are coming alive!

Linking up to Freshly Pieced....my whole life is a work in progress! Happy sewing!