Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
I never could thread the machine needle easily, so
many years ago started putting a slash of White-Out
on the foot, so it would show the needle hole when
trying to stick the thread through it. Or a dollop of plain
white paint on a Q tip.
Or on a friend's machine I hold a strip of white paper
behind it, works nicely that way too.
I have a drop in bobbin in my machine and a clear bobbin 'cover'. I put a dab of white out on the bobbin and I can tell when the bobbin is out of thread because I don't see it going around as I am sewing. This is better than finding out 2 feet ago I ran out of thread.