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Mar. 2nd, 2004 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76I have two sewing machines. Both of them have been repaired in recent months. One is a nice modern machine, light enough to be transportable, that has seen me through many years. The other is a cast-iron workhorse from the '70s, fairly basic but with everything I need.
I made my wedding dress on the new one, then the timing went off and the needle slipped out of position so it was nicking the back of the foot. I took it in to the place I get my machines repaired at and was told that, no, no warantee from my last repair, it's going to cost $50 again, would I like to use it in a trade-in? Loving my Lilo, I said no and resigned myself to sewing on the other machine until Lilo is back. Except that I opened the plastic bag, got through three simple quilt blocks, and the iron one breaks down as well. The bobbin tension varies for each spin of the bobbin, to the point where it snaps the bobbin thread.
I have not yet broken down crying. I am trying not to. I have all these skirt and bodice pieces cut out, ready to sew. I don't have a working sewing machine and I am running out of time....
I made my wedding dress on the new one, then the timing went off and the needle slipped out of position so it was nicking the back of the foot. I took it in to the place I get my machines repaired at and was told that, no, no warantee from my last repair, it's going to cost $50 again, would I like to use it in a trade-in? Loving my Lilo, I said no and resigned myself to sewing on the other machine until Lilo is back. Except that I opened the plastic bag, got through three simple quilt blocks, and the iron one breaks down as well. The bobbin tension varies for each spin of the bobbin, to the point where it snaps the bobbin thread.
I have not yet broken down crying. I am trying not to. I have all these skirt and bodice pieces cut out, ready to sew. I don't have a working sewing machine and I am running out of time....
