Do men design sewing machines?lol
10-08-2010, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by moonwolf23
Originally Posted by donnalynett
Originally Posted by lab fairy
I can't wind a bobbin and sew at the same time on my Pfaff 7570 but I do like not having to rethread my machine every time I need a new bobbin (I wind 4 or 5 at a time to make sure I have a back up). I can wind my bobbin from the machine with the needle threaded and use the pressure foot, etc. but I prefer using the second spool holder over that.
Heck we may end up with sewing machines with no feet pedal in the future(and as I type this I bet someone will tell me they exist).
Or we can just set the material in, and say sew seam and it'll do that work. That though may take the fun out of it though
10-08-2010, 11:28 AM
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10-08-2010, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by msariano
I'd like a machine that would fill a bobbin while you were sewing. Why can't they put an extra path way for the thread to be wound up on another bobbin while sewing?
10-08-2010, 01:37 PM
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The Brother that's like one I have, now comes with a choice of decals to put across the top front in pink and two other choices.
10-08-2010, 04:48 PM
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I've been thinking, and this at times leads to trouble, you are all right. Men design, men repair and men sell sewing machines, BUT not enough men quilt, which is why the research and development of more effective machines is so slow.
Now I wonder, if so many designers are men, who is doing all that sewing and what kinds of machines are they using?
My old Singer machine also had a means to latch my foot pedal up under the cabinet so that I could use my knee instead of a foot. Now how hard is that to design?? :hunf:
It is my understanding that at one time in the beginning of electric sewing machines there was a machine that worked with 2 spools of thread and no bobbin. So "who" got rid of that and replaced it with a bobbin? Probably some design engineer who wanted the machine to look more streamlined.
END OF RANT :-)
Now I wonder, if so many designers are men, who is doing all that sewing and what kinds of machines are they using?
My old Singer machine also had a means to latch my foot pedal up under the cabinet so that I could use my knee instead of a foot. Now how hard is that to design?? :hunf:
It is my understanding that at one time in the beginning of electric sewing machines there was a machine that worked with 2 spools of thread and no bobbin. So "who" got rid of that and replaced it with a bobbin? Probably some design engineer who wanted the machine to look more streamlined.
END OF RANT :-)
10-08-2010, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by donnalynett
Originally Posted by lab fairy
I can't wind a bobbin and sew at the same time on my Pfaff 7570 but I do like not having to rethread my machine every time I need a new bobbin (I wind 4 or 5 at a time to make sure I have a back up). I can wind my bobbin from the machine with the needle threaded and use the pressure foot, etc. but I prefer using the second spool holder over that.
10-08-2010, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by karen65ae
So many having tension issues (including me) and I thought if more men used these machines I am sure the machines would be designed differently so you just flicked a switch to change the tension needs for the weight of the cotton or have 2 different tension disks on the machine... In an ideal world lol
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