Sewing Machine
Thursday, May 6, 2010 by Amy
My sewing machine needs to be serviced, as in it's not working. The tension is SO messed up! I know that I need a new bobbin case, which I ordered online and hopefully it will be here soon, but I think that's only part of he problem. It's really hard to find a reputable sew-vac shop! The first one I went to was run by a couple from Coney Island (my Brooklyn neighbor was like, you should have run away from there LOL!) and they sold me the wrong part and were just total scam artists. Reading reviews of their business is not comforting at all. Apparently they are not only con artists, but violent ones. Not going anywhere near there! The other place I went to, the cold elderly lady who apparently owns the place didn't listen to a single thing I said was wrong with the machine (namely, birdnesting under the fabric) and instead wrote "clean and tune" on the ticket, then proceeded to charge me for bobbin thread and top thread. Whatever.
So, I went to the quilt shop right up the street and asked them if they could recommend anyone, since they only service Viking machines. They gave me the number to a dude that comes to the house. Sound nice...and expensive. Anyway, the quilt shop gave me a rental machine for three days free, since I'm such a frequent customer. It's a computerized Viking machine from 1998, that still, after all these years, retails for over $400. It retailed for about $1300 in 1998, which is considerably more than the car I was driving at that time LOL! Nothing against the machine, but I couldn't get into the rhythm of it. I like MY machine. Using another machine is like wearing someone else's shoes. I could run my sewing machine with a blindfold on!
UPDATE: bobbin case came in the mail and it solves most of the urgent issues. Tension is still not ideal, but I'll look online and see if I can figure out how to adjust the tension internally myself. The external dial just doesn't adjust it enough. It's still usable, though!!
And that's it for my uber-boring sewing machine post!
So, I went to the quilt shop right up the street and asked them if they could recommend anyone, since they only service Viking machines. They gave me the number to a dude that comes to the house. Sound nice...and expensive. Anyway, the quilt shop gave me a rental machine for three days free, since I'm such a frequent customer. It's a computerized Viking machine from 1998, that still, after all these years, retails for over $400. It retailed for about $1300 in 1998, which is considerably more than the car I was driving at that time LOL! Nothing against the machine, but I couldn't get into the rhythm of it. I like MY machine. Using another machine is like wearing someone else's shoes. I could run my sewing machine with a blindfold on!
UPDATE: bobbin case came in the mail and it solves most of the urgent issues. Tension is still not ideal, but I'll look online and see if I can figure out how to adjust the tension internally myself. The external dial just doesn't adjust it enough. It's still usable, though!!
And that's it for my uber-boring sewing machine post!
