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Sabrina ([personal profile] mala_14) wrote2015-09-19 09:27 pm
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I did it!

I sewed! It was only the darts and attaching the front piece to the side pieces, but still, first time I've been on the machine since I got here. And the last thing I sewed was curtains. Not really thrilling in my opinion. Next will be cutting out some bias for a waist facing. I also need to cut out the flounce. (Maybe flounces? Haven't decided yet, but a little ruched bit on the bottom of the flounce could be fun, especially if I do a ruched bit at the head of the flounce, which I was planning on doing.)

This sewing machine mostly worked fine too. It's an old Kenmore that my mom got me as a present probably like 20 years ago. It's always had this problem though where the thread gets caught up in the bobbin and makes a mess of threads. Then I have to open up the bobbin case and pull out all the little threads that have magically appeared wound up in there and re-thread it. I have no idea how to fix this. It happened a couple of times today. Any suggestions?

[identity profile] mala-14.livejournal.com 2015-09-20 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been so blah lately that it just feels like so much effort to do anything.

Bobbin tension seems to be the most likely culprit. I'm going to try that first. Thanks for the ideas!