Just Listed My Aprons!

     How Thumbs!  My sewing machines.. Both, I was just about to throw out the window! (note that I did NOT include my 3rd machine, my antique White Rotary in the window scene) but anyways.. I have had so much trouble.. one is  a "Brother Sewing Machine" and one is a "Singer" the Singer being well over 20 years old.. the other being roughly 10 years old.. the problem:  loops galore and suddenly on the backside of my product.  I have read so many articles on how to fix this.. tension and/or tension screw being the culprits, usually.  Not this time though... 

    I took apart the machines, cleaned them, to no avail. I checked to make sure that I was getting the threads between the tension discs, check.. I double checked the bobbin, re-threaded everything and yes, my machine would suddenly run smoothly again, til' near the end of a stitch along.. GRRRR, finally.. it was suggested that maybe I was putting the bobbin backwards.. HUH??  THAT MATTERS? I'm possibly getting it going the right direction here and there and then therefore.. confusing myself on the problem.. soooo, I turned my bobbin thread both directions and sewed for a foot and half on a strip.. and wouldn'ta- you know.. RATS nest every time about 10 inches down each time the bobbin thread faced a certain way.. but it tricked ya, made you think that wasn't the problem by acting so well for such distance! 

    Now is a goooood time to tell you, that many people told me they had the same problems with their "Brother Sewing Machines" and they tossed them out!  I'm not kidding.  People think they're crap.  Well I just couldn't figure it because my machine ran so well.. it's a lovely machine and very cost efficient..  Turns out this was the same problem with my "Singer" too.  

    Brother Sewing Machines, if your listening, you'd best put a little label on those sapsuckers and tell people which way their thread should go.. Put it Right on the cover of your bobbin holder OR lots more people are gonna toss those machines and swear they're junk, when they're a reasonably wonderful machine.  Makes me wonder how many repair guys suggest you toss them so you'll buy one of their more expensive machines in their shops? hmmm? Ok.. stop the paranoia.. Life is good now thanks to my witty and wonderful sewing friend.  

   Well, all is not lost, you can view my aprons here on Etsy:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/croweapple?ref=si_shop

   Moral of the story here:  don't cast your treasures aside because their broken, just in case your just a dummy and need to make just a few adjustments. ~Deborah Crowe