I was thinking about a row or 2 of HST - any thoughts?

@Bjay When I get to the 'what next?' point, I usually find that leaving the top where you can look at it in passing helps. The quilt will tell you.
Depending on what you have left, maybe another frame then HSTs or flying geese? Of course they don't have to go all the way round... you could go round opposite corners, or part of each side. If you're short of fabric, you might find you've got similar colours that you could sneak in to pad out the remains. If you just want to add length and aren't worried about symmetry (ie all 4 sides must match) just add patches top and bottom and declare it finished.

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As in the probably apocryphal 'How do you spell your surname?' 'Pa'erson. With two ts.'

I did wonder about regular kiddies felt tips. The ones that are meant to not ruin their clothing.

I use the Berol handwriting pens - the ones marked washable- for marking quilting lines, and to date have had no problem with them washing out. The down side is they only come in blue and black. I don't put a hot iron on the marks in case that sets the colour.

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@Iminei So why aren't you using them? Is it just because your'e sick of the sight of them?

Leaving aside all this chat about oiling sewing machines (or not) @Mrs_Robinson there is a pdf manual for the Jones Z690 on this site

https://www.sewingonline.co.uk/jones-manuals-2.html

scroll down until you find it. (Was this the one you tried before?)

There is also a pdf manual listed here https://sewingwishlist.com/jones-manuals-2.html, though the site looks remarkably like the previous one.

What’s amazing me is that after making 26 6.5” blocks and having strips cut for at least another 10 blocks, the scrap box doesn’t look any emptier.

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