tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post2319242094810749317..comments2024-01-16T04:04:41.045-05:00Comments on Someday I'll Sleep Autism Blogs: Sewing Machines and Operator Error...Cammie Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137080807945525006noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-82288379220745868902011-06-04T15:07:32.866-04:002011-06-04T15:07:32.866-04:00Your experience is important to those who are lear...Your experience is important to those who are learning too, which is why you're not that shy in sharing. I've made many mistakes too. Here are some of them:<br /><br />Always read the manual. I don't care if you've used many machines before. They're all different and sometimes a new "feature" is added or they move something. If you don't have a manual go to the internet. Often the manual is there, even on the older machines.<br /><br />Wind the bobbin exactly as instructed. I would be lazy and leave the machine threaded through the needle, bring the thread up top and wind the bobbin that way. It will bend your needle and the thread will wind with bad tension. Don't do it.<br /><br />Never knot your thread to the bobbin to get the thread to stay. This will damage your machine when the bobbin thread runs out. I've seen it done though not done it myself. <br /><br />Always put the bobbin in the bobbin case correctly. If you pull the thread your bobbin should spin clockwise in the case. This is on a front loader - doesn't apply to top loader.<br /><br />Always install the bobbin case in the bobbin housing correctly. If it's not locked in it will make a big mess.<br /><br />I have a top loader that if you don't run the thread through the chase before pulling the thread through the plate then the tension will be off. haha That took me a while to figure out. <br /><br />Clean your machine often of lint. And oil your machine every 12-18 hours if it needs to be oiled (some are self oiling). <br /><br />Have fun and share your sewing machine problems when you have them.Janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07970843028240002613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-17894729488523391612011-06-04T04:55:49.576-04:002011-06-04T04:55:49.576-04:00Don't feel bad on this one. I started sewing ...Don't feel bad on this one. I started sewing when I was 9 or so and worked in the theater costume shop at my college for all four years. The week I graduated from college I got a "new" (old) sturdy sewing machine (much like your's) and couldn't get the thing to work for months. I finally took it to the local sewing machine shop where they showed me in 5 seconds how to properly put the needle in the machine.<br /><br />RM in MOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-81762105263816790072011-06-03T14:31:37.483-04:002011-06-03T14:31:37.483-04:00Ops. Haha. I've done it too. My mom taught m...Ops. Haha. I've done it too. My mom taught me that a few years back when I was SOOO lost. I still am not a great sewer. But I'll learn to do that after I finish learning to Kint, and crochet and cross stitch and maybe needle point. Ok So I'm not very crafty but I'm working on it.The.Baroness.Von.Korfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09785486185254181483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-77678658353511104122011-06-03T12:55:38.734-04:002011-06-03T12:55:38.734-04:00Awww.. Thanks for sharing though, I'm sure I&#...Awww.. Thanks for sharing though, I'm sure I'd end up doing something similar when I get a working machine (praying that's soon!)Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06877510817457439788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-46501723521418693292011-06-03T11:58:58.638-04:002011-06-03T11:58:58.638-04:00*giggles* My mom taught me to sew. She also taug...*giggles* My mom taught me to sew. She also taught me to put in the needle and how to thread the bobbin. But every machine is different.<br /><br />I realized after not having used my machine after a while that I was looping the thread through backwards. I "thought" I remembered the instructions enough to not need to rely on the diagram with the bobbin threader thingy. Now I know I need to review them every time.<br /><br />It happens even to people who've been theoretically sewing for a long time. <br /><br />I suppose my advice is to read everything: the package the needles came in, the instruction manual, even online set-up, just in-case it's human error not machine problems before tossing a perfectly good machine. <br /><br />Sewing machines are more complicated than a computer. At least they are to me. Part of it is more manual set-up and having to work with really tiny things. Plugging in speakers is a piece of cake compared to getting thread through the eye. And once you've set up the computer, you're done. But you always have to keep setting up a sewing machine for a new project.Deltaflutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489950329698009256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-1328450027983511532011-06-03T11:04:36.852-04:002011-06-03T11:04:36.852-04:00I'm constantly amazed at how many different wa...I'm constantly amazed at how many different ways I can make mistakes with this thing! :)Cammie Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137080807945525006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-14377928609537013802011-06-03T11:02:46.568-04:002011-06-03T11:02:46.568-04:00In computer terms, that's known as a PEBCAK (P...In computer terms, that's known as a PEBCAK (Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard.) I guess in your case, it would be PEBCASM (problem exists between chair and sewing machine?). :)<br /><br />Just kidding. I am jealous of your sewing skills; I'm afraid I have neither the time nor the talent to make such beautiful things!JoAnna Wahlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09942928659520676271noreply@blogger.com