Sewing My Head on Straight

There is nothing like a good project to keep your mind and spirit occupied.  I have recently faced a health issue - minor in the scheme of things, but, as someone blessed with extraordinarily good health, I have never learned to cope with these glitches.  I marvel at how so many of my friends cope with much worse troubles than mine.

So, Sew!  I have been working on a wall hanging that I'm not yet ready to reveal.  I think it's a good one.  I have free motion quilted that background using about ten entire bobbins, the large kind from my Bernina 820.  The background is very densely fmq'ed.  I clean and oil my machine at every bobbin change, usually cleaning the lint even more often.  But I had an unbelievable problem.  Once cleared out of the channel on top of the machine leading to the needle, she ran as smoothly as ever.  Here's a picture of the glob I worked out of the channel.