Originally Posted by illinois
I wonder why the manufacturers don't address this situation. One of those things to put on the list when shopping for a new machine: needle down, bobbin-empty warning, non-slip pedal......
As I have said many times, IF more men were sewers or more women were engineers we would have state of the art sewing machines that work just as we want them to! Can you imagine a man using a power tool that is as finicky as a sewing machine? It would be trashed after one weekend!