I got a little time to myself yesterday and headed upstairs to my sewing room. With good intentions I decided I was going to work on those darned ruffles again. I ironed the hems and they were all prepared to be sewn. I have decided to put green ric rac on the orange ruffle layer. I begin to sew the hem to the orange ruffle and wouldn't you know it, tension problems! Ugh! And it's on THAT machine that I am experiencing the tension problems.
This is the machine that I put away for almost 20 years and almost gave up on sewing completely because it gave me such problems with tension. But I recently decided to give it another chance when I found it while cleaning out the garage to prepare for a yard sale. It still had some old fabric with a big wad of thread attached to it. The taste of frustration came flooding back into my mouth when I saw the mess. I clearly remember the swearing I did at that machine right before putting it away that last time. Oh the troubles that machine gave me. But, I felt pity for it. I dusted it off, cleaned it and oiled it. I changed it's needle (now long dull) and fiddled with it. It purred like a kitten and I haven't had a problem with it at all since (except going thru multiple layers (I need an old time Singer, badly, for that). I have grown to love that machine recently.
The feed dogs in my other machine are acting kind of finicky right now so using that one is out of the question. I am baby sitting today and hubby is working all day so I won't have a chance to get upstairs to sew today and by the time hubby gets home I'll be too tired to deal with tension issues. I'm itching to get this apron done. Tomorrow morning I will march upstairs to tackle and win this tension war. Wish me luck & pray for me. I can use all the help I can get! (I'm considering buying that low end Bernina that's on sale at Hancock's, I bet it would sew through multiple layers better than my current machines do.)
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