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I took the Singer 6234 sewing machine to the repair shop again. They confirmed that the machine’s timing was out, but this was covered by a warranty for having it serviced there. Apparently, they have to fix it for free for an entire year. I also had a couple of people go over the machine ...

This sewing machine is giving me fits. After two successful little stitching projects, I decided to take the radical action of winding my own bobbin. Chilling, I know. What’s the worst that could happen? The actual bobbin winding process was straightforward and easy, but I did notice two strange things about my machine (or maybe ...

So we got the Singer back from the shop, and it actually works! After stitching some random pieces of fabric, I moved to my first “real” project: a couple of straps of thick fabric with Velcro for holding a Philips iPod media system for the car. It actually worked! I am quite happy. There was ...

The sewing machine is broken. We couldn’t get it to stitch anything, and over the course of our tests it became slower and slower until it would barely move the fabric at all. With some grousing I took it to a local sewing machine repair place, and had it serviced. It cost $120 to get ...

Grandma and I made some pretty elaborate costumes for the kids for Halloween this year: My oldest was a Jedi knight, while my middle child was a Jawa. The kids were very excited. The Jedi costume was off the shelf, but the Jawa was a lot of work. We stitched together sweater fabric and burlap ...