Ready for a week at the "spa"

Yeah, yeah, haven't been posting, yadda, yadda... I've been crazy busy doing other things - cleaning house, tormenting child, snuggling husband, baking bread, quiltingquiltingquilting...

Last week I did two paying quilts on Noelani (my APQS Millennium), and really noticed that she was complaining a bit. Now, this is not surprising; I've had her for almost eight years, and she's never been sent in for service. She's been a real trooper - always saves me when I pull some boneheaded maneuver, and just takes up the slack as pretty as you please. But, she's a little tired and therefore a wee bit cranky. Her needle will run on with single stitches after I've signaled a stop, and she's got a few other issues which tell me it's time for her to get a nice little vacation at APQS's service spa.

So, Sunday, I took her off the table

As you see, her front handles are off in this picture - I also had to take off her rear handles, her light, and the two roller bars (you can see one under the Ziploc bag) so she could fit back in her crate. Waaaay in the back, you can see the rolling carriage which bolts her to the table (above the JoAnn's Fabric bag), and the Beloved Husband took off the stitch regulator box (you can kinda see the wires there where the carriage meets the sewing table) to send in, too.

Now she's all packed up and fastened in, and her UPS limo will arrive today or tomorrow to whisk her away to the APQS factory, where they'll give her a good massage, a facial, and a nice relaxing time of rest and rejuvenation...

OK, Noelani, enjoy your trip - I know the "spa" will treat you well, and send you back all bright and shiney, ready to get to work for me! ;-)