Originally Posted by
QuiltE
A couple more .....
Needles .... they do get dull in our machines. Change them regularly!
Lighting .... Even though the old light bulb(s) have not died, it's well worth it to change old bulbs to "daylight" bulbs, for such a minimal cost and effort. Use the old bulb, somewhere else.
You are so right about needles! I do change mine - but probably not as often as I should. I can easily discard one that is broken, bent, or has a snagger on it - but it's the ones I've "used only a little bit" that I hang on to.