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Across the Fence:  I feel like such a knucklehead!  |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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 Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 04:49:34 AM
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My sewing machine has been "broken" for some time now! I've put off taking it to get fixed for too long!
One of the ladies at our church is quite the seamstress. She's taken my oldest to her home and taught her to sew doll clothes & her own costumes. Well, now we're going to start sewing crib sheets for a crisis pregnancy center. My lady friend told me to bring my sewing machine over and she'll take a look at it for me. I was so excited!
Yesterday I hauled it over. Well, I forgot the book. Boo hoo! She said she'd take a look anyway. We plugged it in, she fiddled for about 30 seconds AND FOUND THE PROBLEM!
Are you ready for this????
I'm so embarrassed!
That little thing on the top where you fill your bobbin? It was switched over for bobbin filling! That's why my needle wouldn't go down and I couldn't sew!  I'm good to go now. Easy fix - I'm happy. We laughed & laughed. She did say (and I agree) you do need to know your machine - the sounds and the feel of it. I need to sew more often! Good reason to now!
Farm Girl #790
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl
1984 Posts
Joanna
Dunbarton
New Hampshire
USA
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2355 Posts
Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
2355 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 05:32:12 AM
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Glad you shared this as I hope to start sewing soon I will keep this in mind. Anymore helpful tips would be great also. Blessings,Karen
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10
Farmgirl sister #1156
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vegetarian farmer
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Jane
Freedom
pa
USA
249 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 05:39:56 AM
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I have always wondered why we can put a man on the moon, make computers the size of a pin but we can't make a very simple sewing machine for people like me. All those leavers and why does the thread have to go 50 places before the needle. Needless to say i am NOT good with the sewing machine.
Jane
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 06:58:56 AM
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Deb, that's so funny! I would have done the same thing. Mine is not working either. Can't get the tension right. As soon as I take it to someone they'll have it fixed in no time. I don't know a thing about them. I'm glad you can sew again. Have fun.
Kris
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
1900 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 07:58:15 AM
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Oh thats sooooooooooo funny, Deb (You had me in stitches!... okay, okay bad pun!)... because I more or less have done something just like that!
When we (Hubby and I) purchased our Chevy Blazer, for some reason Hubby could not get his window (front passenger)to work, but on my side (driver's) I am able to control it for him with my buttons. About 6 six years later while the Blazer was in for the yearly tune-up. We decided we could afford for the electronics to be looked at and fixed for that window. We came back to pick it back up, the mechanic informed us that it works just fine and showed me (the driver) the "safety lock" button for windows, it had been in the locked position all this time! I just totally cracked up!
I am glad that your machine wasn't broken!
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009)
My Blog: ...following my heart, dreams and Jesus
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 08:02:12 AM
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I'm glad it wasn't anything you had to pay to fix. That's always a drag. Just think, the money you saved fixing it can go to new fabric!! Happy sewing.
It's all good!
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 08:35:23 AM
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I have done things like that too many times, always end up feeling like a dork. Oh well - at least it's fixed now and if it ever happens to anyone you know you will look like a genius because you know exactly what's wrong with their machine:D
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 09:51:47 AM
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Oh, that sounds like something I'd do! Talk about your "duh" moment! I have heard of ladies bringing their machine in saying it keeps breaking the thread only to find out they hadn't changed the needle in so long that it was worn clear down to the eye! I guess the worst (so far) that I've done is get my needle in backwards and then wondered why it wasn't sewing so well. Glad you took it to someone who got to laugh with you and not at you!
Audrey
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 12:19:32 PM
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Deb, That was so funny, something I could see my self doing.
Kerrianne, About 2 years after my son started driving he informed me that I had lied to him. I said I never lied. He said "Mom you can drive a car without the seat belt on." I said not my car and it better not be your car either. Then he thanked me for always making them wear the seatbelt. He is alive today because he had his seatbelt on.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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Across the Fence: I feel like such a knucklehead! |
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I feel like such a knucklehead!
You will become familiar with it's sounds, how it "feels" etc.. . then one day you will help someone else that is just starting out get to know there's. It's the cycle of sewing. . .