I want to divorce my sewing machine
10-16-2010, 09:19 PM
#31
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Oh I know how you feel
I was making an adorable outfit for my daughter when my machine decided to act up and tore a piece out of it. I had spent weeks smocking it. Having small children at my feet I calmly unplugged the machine, picked it up, walked out the door, put it behind my SUV and backed over it a few (hundred) times....Hubby was not happy, I needed a new tire when I was done. That was not the first outfit it screwed up but it was its last. I bought a replacement machine in craigslist for $60.00 and have not missed that expensive piece of crap. Still can't talk hubby into buying me a new machine...lol but at least that one will never darken my doorway again.
I was making an adorable outfit for my daughter when my machine decided to act up and tore a piece out of it. I had spent weeks smocking it. Having small children at my feet I calmly unplugged the machine, picked it up, walked out the door, put it behind my SUV and backed over it a few (hundred) times....Hubby was not happy, I needed a new tire when I was done. That was not the first outfit it screwed up but it was its last. I bought a replacement machine in craigslist for $60.00 and have not missed that expensive piece of crap. Still can't talk hubby into buying me a new machine...lol but at least that one will never darken my doorway again.
10-17-2010, 12:57 AM
#34
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l had a problem similar to yours l had not got the thread pulled tight to engage the tension spring in the bobbin winder amd the thread was to loose on the bobbin also l find if l have a tail not cut short in the bobbin thes can also cause a problem l hope this helps
10-17-2010, 01:43 AM
#35
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Oh,yeah.....a newscaster mentioned a guy who shot the TV to death.LOL
Originally Posted by Bobby's Girl
I read a news article about a guy who got so angry and frustrated with his computer that he beat it to death with a hammer. That's one option for dealing with a contrary sewing machine, too. LOL ;)
10-17-2010, 01:48 AM
#36
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Calmly ??????????? LOL I love it & your solution.Have already decided if my $$$ machine dies,,,,to CL I'm going.Too many "good" machines are as much/more a pain than the cheaper models JMO
Originally Posted by Spring
Oh I know how you feel
I was making an adorable outfit for my daughter when my machine decided to act up and tore a piece out of it. I had spent weeks smocking it. Having small children at my feet I calmly unplugged the machine, picked it up, walked out the door, put it behind my SUV and backed over it a few (hundred) times....Hubby was not happy, I needed a new tire when I was done. That was not the first outfit it screwed up but it was its last. I bought a replacement machine in craigslist for $60.00 and have not missed that expensive piece of crap. Still can't talk hubby into buying me a new machine...lol but at least that one will never darken my doorway again.
I was making an adorable outfit for my daughter when my machine decided to act up and tore a piece out of it. I had spent weeks smocking it. Having small children at my feet I calmly unplugged the machine, picked it up, walked out the door, put it behind my SUV and backed over it a few (hundred) times....Hubby was not happy, I needed a new tire when I was done. That was not the first outfit it screwed up but it was its last. I bought a replacement machine in craigslist for $60.00 and have not missed that expensive piece of crap. Still can't talk hubby into buying me a new machine...lol but at least that one will never darken my doorway again.
10-17-2010, 03:45 AM
#37
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All of this is why I use my 1941 cast iron Singer----and not the 4 new (some basically untouched!) machines that I have bought through the years. If it goofs up, I unthread it and rethread it and do the same to the bobbin. Then it always works. I vote that you look for a yardsale/Craigslist old machine, spend a few bucks having it gone through by a pro, and then sew away blissfully into the sunset for many years......
10-17-2010, 06:30 AM
#38
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I used to have a machine like that. After fighting it for several years I gave up and got a new machine. I sold the old one to a lady at the quilt shop and she had the same hatred for that machine withing a month and she sold it. Some times there are just lemon sewing machines. Good luck with a new one. Also mine was a very well known brand that most people love.
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