A girlfriend and I went to lunch and she was telling me how she had been sewing and her 1950 Singer started doing all kinds of messy things and she asked if I would take a look. It is a beautiful SM in a corner cabinet (don't know if I had ever seen one of those). I took over a lot of my things, screwdriver, oil, extra needles, needle threader and my magnifying glasses. After looking at it, I accused her of SM abuse and threatened to take her machine away! I'm sure it had been more than 10 years since she had cleaned, oiled, and changed the needle! No wonder the poor thing refused to sew correctly! It took me a few minutes to get it going like it should and I showed her the correct way to get it threaded again. It sure does sew a pretty stitch now! Barbara in FL feeling right pleased with myself!
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13 years ago