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white serger 534 stitch length knob is stuck on 1 setting. Will not turn. What do I need to do to fix this?
The stitch length knob which moves from 1 to 5 setting is froze on 1. What steps need to be taken to access and fix this?
 
Waltons celestial 875
Hi guys, My waltons celestial 875 is missing her bobbin winder. Can anyone suggest where i can buy a replacement? Or another model that will fit my little lady Ty in advance
 
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needle & thread recommendation for black fleece jacket zipper repair (broken threads)
Just broken threads. Zipper is fine. Need thread recommendation... 1) #69 #92 #135 Bonded Nylon Sewing Thread 2) 6000 Yards Quality Overlocking Sewing Machine Polyester Thread Cones, Black 3) Other...
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Cutting the bobbin thread
After seventy years of sewing, I've figured out how to cut the bobbin thread from the upper side. Pulling the needle thread didn't pull up enough bobbin thread to see, and the stitch was embedded in...
 
Interfacing
I just checked my bookmarks, and Pam Erny still selling those wonderful swatch sets. But the website says that the swatches are now ten inches by four. (On the other hand, the price has dropped to a...
 
All these years
I thought I was winding the bobbin slowly, but the spool helicoptered off the pin and had to be hunted down anyway. I've been known to put a straw on the pin to make it longer, but I didn't want to...
 
Why didn't I think of this twenty years ago?
I opened the synthetic-thread drawer and selected upholstery thread in a small zipper bag that also contained a bobbin for the treadle machine, a needle stuck into a snippet of red wool, and a large...
 
Manual for JC Penny Free Arm sewing machine model 6923
Need manual for Model 6923
 
Singer cylinder arm 47w66 sews only backwards after new hook installed and timed
Hi, My machine which does not have reverse or a walking foot only sews backwards after I replaced the hook assembly and timed it. I think the problem may be the feed timing? Does anyone know how to...
 
singer cylinder arm machine 47w66 after hook replacement and timing it sews backwards
Hi, My singer cylinder arm machine 47w66 ( not a walking foot) after hook replacement and timing it sews backwards! What did I do wrong? Thank you.
 
That moment of AAARGH!
Arrgh only *almost* happened. At the very last moment I noticed that the tracing wheel in my hand was actually a rotary cutter. I *think* that I have enough left-over fabric that I could have cut...
 
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white cord elastic
For a few months, my local sewing and vaccuum store has been ordering white cord elastic in vain. Black cord elastic and finer and coarser white elastics are available, but not white cord elastic. I'm...