Don't You Wish Machine Manufacturers Would ...
#21
I put a "handi grip" under the foot control, to stop it from sliding ..I can't imagine why manufacturers haven't added a non slip bottom to these devices.
I plan on cutting out a pattern from a non slip shelf liner and adhering it to the foot control...nothing ventured nothing gained
I plan on cutting out a pattern from a non slip shelf liner and adhering it to the foot control...nothing ventured nothing gained
#22
[QUOTE=pasolovers;4835993]I put a "handi grip" under the foot control, to stop it from sliding ..I can't imagine why manufacturers haven't added a non slip bottom to these devices.
I plan on cutting out a pattern from a non slip shelf liner and adhering it to the foot control...nothing ventured nothing gained [/QUOTE
I have done this with all my machines, it works. Just make sure not to put the foot control on the floor untill you are sure the glue is dry. Don't ask, not a pretty story! LOL
I plan on cutting out a pattern from a non slip shelf liner and adhering it to the foot control...nothing ventured nothing gained [/QUOTE
I have done this with all my machines, it works. Just make sure not to put the foot control on the floor untill you are sure the glue is dry. Don't ask, not a pretty story! LOL
#24
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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Ah, yes. My wish list. The easy access for cleaning, yes, the never ending bobbin, yes.
A manual that actually tells you the truth about oiling your machine and where to do it. = No, not all "no maintenance" machines live forever without oil.
And, make the outer shells easier to open like the "old days", instead of impossible to open except for highly paid repair people.
A manual that actually tells you the truth about oiling your machine and where to do it. = No, not all "no maintenance" machines live forever without oil.
And, make the outer shells easier to open like the "old days", instead of impossible to open except for highly paid repair people.
#26
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: IL
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Berninas have a pop-off stitch plate, which helps, but I would also like greater access for cleaning. I wish machine pricing was more transparent and straightforward, less secretive and sleazy. I wish Bernina would make straight stitcher with dual feed, a huge harp, and jumbo bobbin like the 820. À la carte features would be AWESOME.
#27
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: sydney australia
Posts: 129
My late husband was always amazed at the complex way sewing machines were threaded - in and out and around all these little hooks. He compared them with video players where you just put in a cassette and the machine coped with the threading by itself! (similarly with camera film -- it's been about 40 years since we had to carefully thread film onto spools and wind ready to use) Now I am more familiar with sewing machines i don't swear and fuss so much when I have to thread my machine as I did when I first started, but it still seems to me that there are some advances in automation that we have missed out on. I know there are machines that thread themselves -- but they tend to be pricey -- surely by now that feature can't be so expensive to add to a machine?
#28
Great suggestions from everyone! Oh and that wandering pedal! Sometimes mine gets stuck under a support of my sewing table and keeps stitching when I think I'm done. I've got to snatch it out by the wire!
#29
I glued strips of hook tape to the underside of my foot controls. It grabs the carpet and stays put.
If you're on slick floors, you can use rubber shelf liner.
The best way to attach this stuff is Aleene's Tack It Over and Over glue - you put the glue on the backside of the velcro, let it air dry overnight and it stays sticky. Put it onto the foot control in pieces to cover the bottom. Joann has "generic" hook and loop tape for $1 a bundle, so it's a pretty cheap fix.
If you're on slick floors, you can use rubber shelf liner.
The best way to attach this stuff is Aleene's Tack It Over and Over glue - you put the glue on the backside of the velcro, let it air dry overnight and it stays sticky. Put it onto the foot control in pieces to cover the bottom. Joann has "generic" hook and loop tape for $1 a bundle, so it's a pretty cheap fix.
#30
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Clay Springs AZ
Posts: 3,229
Much larger bobbins would be the best thing of all.
Cleaning lint from a drop in bobbin area is simple on my Viking Sapphire and the 10in throat is great.
I do not like my new strait stitch Baby Lock machine with the complicated threading and the under the machine bobbin, it is primitive.
Cleaning lint from a drop in bobbin area is simple on my Viking Sapphire and the 10in throat is great.
I do not like my new strait stitch Baby Lock machine with the complicated threading and the under the machine bobbin, it is primitive.
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