The Pull Test: the Cure to Loops on the Underside of Fabric This article talks about ‘the pull test,” one of the most important sewing machine troubleshooting exercises because it is a common cure for large looping on the underside of the fabric. When my dad first taught me how to fix machines, I did…
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Greetings everybody, This edition of The Sewing Machine Newsletter will attempt to serve as a simple guide for needles. Like many things in the sewing machine world, the conversation about needles can be both straightforward and extremely technical. For this article, I will try to hedge toward the simple. I hope you find it helpful. The Sewing…
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Greetings everybody, This edition of The Sewing Machine Newsletter is Part 2 of an ongoing article series I am writing on the sewing machine landscape as it stands in 2023/2024. Part 1 of the article series focused on some of the iconic European sewing machine manufacturers of the 20th Century. Part 2 is dedicated to the only family-owned sewing machine manufacturing…
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In Part 1 of our needle threader examination we talked about how needle threaders work, as well as some tips and tricks to help you use your needle threader more successfully. Today we are going to talk about a super common problem we didn’t cover in Part 1: the tiny wire hook at the epicenter…
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How to use a Needle Threader The question of how to use a needle threader is one of the most common questions we hear at The Sewing Machine Shop. It’s no wonder– threading the eye of a needle is a biblically difficult task. That’s why needle threaders are such a prominent selling point on modern…
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Ever wondered what the inside of a sewing machine looks like and how all the parts work together to produce a successful stitch? This edition of The Sewing Machine Newsletter was inspired by the “Knee Bone Connects to the Thigh Bone” children’s song and aims to offer a basic explanation of how a sewing machine works. It is by…
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