Last week I was posting on Facebook about my sewing machine problems.
You see, I had taken my machine in to be cleaned.
(It’s something I should do regularly but never do…however, after sewing together more than 250 skirts, 4 quilts, and at least 300 bags…aside from all the other dresses, blankets, and projects I’d put it through…I thought it deserved a little TLC.)
I dropped off my machine and thought I could live with out sewing for a week….
….but I was wrong…
SO I broke out my “back up machine”.
My brother bought it for me last year on Black Friday for only $49! I’d been saving it for when I needed a back up machine and that day had finally arrived. (It WASN’T a SINGER…it was a different brand, which shall not be named…but for $49 I thought I’d give it a whirl….bad idea.)
I put the kids to bed, my husband was watching “The A Team” (no I’m not kidding, the full on 1980’s TV show) and I settled in for some serious sewing…until the bobbin thread kept jamming…and the tension needed help…and the needle kept stalling if I started too quickly…and (my favorite part) the spool of thread would fly off and hit me in the head if I sewed to fast.
By the time I was finished with my project (which took me 5 times longer than it should have) the air was full of profanity and my husband said I was angrier than B.A. Baracus.
(source)
It wasn’t until that night I really understood some of the complaints I often hear about sewing!
My first machine was a SINGER Prelude and it worked like a charm…no tension issues…no needle problems…no thread hitting me in the head. I just plugged it in and began sewing. It made sewing easy…and fun…and I’ve never looked back…BUT if I had started sewing on the other machine that I used last week my adventures in sewing would be OVER.
Using the right machine can make all the difference in the world. I totally get that now.
Up until last week I had been spoiled….my experiences with SINGER sewing machines have been nothing but positive. How glad I am that I learned to sew on machines that are so user friendly!
Aside from appreciating SINGER for making sewing so simple for me (which is true) I love them for sponsoring our Skirting the Issue Event for the second year in a row.
This year they are giving away another AWESOME machine to one of you who sew along with us!
(And I want one for myself!)
Some of it’s features include:
– 231 Built In Stitches, including Alpha Numeric
– SwiftSmart™ Threading System with Automatic Needle Threader
-Drop & Sew™ Bobbin System
– Pattern Elongation on Select Decorative Stitches
– Stitch Memory with Editing
– Presser Foot Sensor with Error Message and Buzzer
– Programmable Needle Up/Down
– Start/Stop Button and Speed Control
– Extra-Large Sewing Space
– SwiftSmart™ Threading System with Automatic Needle Threader
-Drop & Sew™ Bobbin System
– Pattern Elongation on Select Decorative Stitches
– Stitch Memory with Editing
– Presser Foot Sensor with Error Message and Buzzer
– Programmable Needle Up/Down
– Start/Stop Button and Speed Control
– Extra-Large Sewing Space
To find out how to enter to win one you can read all about it here on our Skirting the Issue Fact Sheet Page.
Thank you again to SINGER for supporting our cause.
(And thank you as well for making sewing machines that don’t turn me into Mr. T.)
-liZ
I COMPLETELY understand! I am an accomplished sewer and have an excellent Bernina machine (but learned to sew on an excellent Singer machine). When one of my daughter in laws wanted to learn to sew I bought her a very simple inexpensive machine. On one of my trips to her house I pulled out the machine to show her a few things and it was SO FRUSTRATING!!!! No wonder no one wants to learn to sew! When they buy an inexpensive model to see if they will like sewing they are setting themselves up for disaster!!!! If they learned on a good machine they would know it isn’t them – it is the machine that is having the problems! Yuck!
Your post reminds me of some of my past machines. Once I got my first Singer, I knew I’d never go back to anything else. My mother had an antique “treadle” machine that had been her grandmother’s and I remember growning up looking at that old black beauty with it’s gilded golden letters. I was so proud to keep the family tradition going when I purchased my first one. I’ve put my little Singer model through 10 years of sewing projects, a trip to TN and one to FL. (Yes, I travel with my machine in emergency situations…both wedding related…LOL!) My little Singer has been on its way out for a while and now, after reading the details of this new Singer, watching a video on it’s amazing options and design possibilities…I think I know what I’ll be saving up for now. How very GENEROUS of SINGER to donate one to this project. Wonderful!
Oh no..that is terrible. I plan to have my sewing machine serviced while we’re on vacation. I definitely do not have a back-up sewing machine so that is the best time to do it.