I did it!

[mala_14]

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?

Comments

[theladyrebecca.livejournal.com]

Is your upper thread coming out of your take-up lever? That's usually what causes a rats nest in your bobbin area.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

I don't think so. The upper thread seems fine. I think it might be the bobbin tension. I'm going to test that out the next time I get around to sewing, whenever that happens. ;p