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update: after about a month of sewing, pedal had same issue. I called Brubakers in Pennsylvania and she said the pedals have had trouble. Since the machine is under 5 years old, they will replace it for free. Who knows what causes this. The precision point Q-tips work well to clean bobbin area. Found them at Walgreens.
Another tip: As you are sewing along and you take your foot off the pedal and the machine keeps going, unplug the foot cord (white) from the right side of the machine. If the sewing machine stops, it is the pedal, if it still keeps going the problem is in the machine. Hope that helps someone.