EllenBrad11689

How do I get over my fear of using my machine?

tomilu

What kind of machine do you have? Perhaps taking lessons from where you bought the machine. Baby steps!

EllenBrad11689

It is just a cheap brothers I bought at Walmart. I have been handquilting a couple of years but my sister insist it would be easier with machine.

hopetoquilt

What part of using the machine is making you nervous? Piecing, FMQ, machine applique?

EllenBrad11689

Not knowing anything about it, do not know how to even thread it.

hopetoquilt

How about taking a quilting class for beginners where you bring your machine to use? The manual should have step by step directions. What kind of machine is it?

Stitchnripper

Did it come with a manual? The Brothers are pretty simple to run. You could try googling "how to thread a machine". Good luck!

EllenBrad11689

Thank you for all replies. I look at all the pretty things on here and dream. I do have a manual I just have to get off board and read it. Wish me luck.

Faren

Read, reread, and reread the manual. Figure out one thing at a time. Maybe start with winding a bobbin. After you have almost memorized that section in the manual, do it double checking yourself ever step of the way. Then wind so many bobbins that you are comfortable with that. Do the same thing with threading the bobbin. Take the bobbin out, rethread, take it out, rethread... there is no hurry at this point. When you are comfortable with that step move on to threading the upper thread of the machine. The manual is your friend!

angiecub

Check your local community college and park district. They may offer beginner classes which will help you get familiar with your machine. How about your sister, who said it would be easier by machine...can she show you how to use it?