I second the idea of cleaning out your foot pedal. I have a good friend who was having problems with runaway sewing, and not sewing when she wanted it to. Her hubby took apart her foot pedal and it was FULL of hair, dust, and lint. He cleaned it out and it's worked like a charm ever since.
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yuck, what a painful way to remember to clean all the lint we can out of those machines......better check mine before I turn it on today!!!!! Sure it has a lintball or two in it....ready to attack me!!!! Be Well!!!
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Sorry about your finger! Hope it heals fast! Are you up to date on your tetanus shot? I'm glad you didn't get any blood on the quilt and your hubby was home to help you. Just relax for today and go back to it tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by wildyard
(Post 5563942)
You don't mention what kind of sewing machine you have, but I have a Kenmore and it went thru a period of sewing on it's own, too. I feel this is a safety issue and you should report it to the consumer safety commission. Especially since you were injured by this. Mine seems to have been caused by a build up of lint in the foot control pedal, but regardless of the cause, this is dangerous and should be reported!
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After hearing about more occasions of this happening, I went ahead and filed about my incident with the Consumer Safety Commision and with Sears, where I bought it. It is my understanding that Janome is the manufacturer of the Kenmore model I have, but I am not certain of that.
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Bleeding
I do carpentry type stuff besides quilting. I picked a fight with my table saw so quilting is on hold for a while.
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Originally Posted by quilt_happy
(Post 5564601)
I do carpentry type stuff besides quilting. I picked a fight with my table saw so quilting is on hold for a while.
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I got a needle through my nail and finger when I was 9. I wanted to clip off the nail when it grew out with the hole in the middle of it, but the nail broke through the hole before it grew out enough. So use nail polish to try to preserve your nail so you can keep it.
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Did that a out 20 yrs ago.
Be careful of a nail or lint fibre in there. you ould get infected |
Maybe you shouldn't be typing.
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