I have several sewing and crafting machines in my house. I have a mid arm quilting machine (Babylock Quilter’s Choice Professional), a sewing machine (Babylock Quilter’s Choice), a serger (Babylock Imagine), two embroidery machines (Janome MB 4 and a Brother Disney machine). One of the things I sometimes forget until the machine tells me is that I need to clean and oil the machines! My MB4 is often cleaned as I want to make sure my embroidery is perfect. I was making my pillowcase dresses and using my serger. I don’t use the serger all the time, but I do when I am sewing garments and whatnot. When I was putting the dresses together I noticed a “sound” when it serged through the thicker portions of the garment. The “sound” is hard to describe, but seemed odd to me, so I thought, hmmmm wonder if I should see if this thing needs some oil or new needles or something! I know it does and I know I have not been good about doing it, but it has been getting a workout this spring with the dresses for the wedding and now these dresses. These are just some random thoughts.
I love my machines. I first got a White serger nearly 20 years ago! I had a love/hate relationship with that machine! It was extremely difficult to thread and seemed like the tension was always needing adjustment. I finally got rid of it at a yard sale….big mistake. I could have traded it in on the one I now have that I have a love relationship with! If I don’t oil it I may develop a hate relationship, but I don’t think anyone could convince me that there is a better machine out there. The reason is that threading it is a breeze (literally) and the tension is never out of sync! The other machine I don’t think I will ever give up is my embroidery machine. I truly love my machine and yes, I do wish I had one that had more heads to it (mine is a 4 head) but boy it does some beautiful embroidery and I cannot imagine a life with out it!
Just some weird random thoughts! I guess I am trying to convey the fact that we need to take care of our machines and use them to their full potential!
