A couple of people have asked if sewing the waxed dipped paper and the encaustic prints causes the sewing machine to gum up. I’ve answered back that, no it doesn’t really but I have to stop from time to time to clean off the footer. After a while sewing I start to feel the footer catching more and it will even leave a little colored streak on occasion. So I take the footer off, clean the built up encaustic paint off and put it back on. The colored streaks fortunately scratch off easily enough.

Well today I found that heat is also a factor. When it gets to about 90°F, which it was today in Maine, things start to get sticky. I had to clean the footer between every pass of the sewing machine. I like to think that I am gaining some wisdom as I am gaining in years so I decided it was a good day to do some crocheting.

I have calculated that I need 36 pineapple medallions to go around the quilt (27 if I skip the top). I haven’t done any for a while so I had to go back to my instructions for it and it was rather slow going at the start. 16 down, 20 (or 11?) to go.