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Change Your Sewing Needle: Why a Bent // Dull Needle Negatively Affects a Sewing Machine Stitch-Making Ability
Whenever I troubleshoot a sewing machine, the first thing I do is change the sewing needle.
Why?
Because even if you have the finest sewing machine in the world, with all the settings perfectly dialed to factory specs, a needle that is b...
What machine would I sell to my own mother? If she was a quilter.
The other day, I was working the sales floor, demoing sewing machines for a woman who was looking to upgrade her entry level machine to something with a larger throat and more quilting features. Ultimately, she found herself debating betwee...
Perfect Stitch Quality on Every Fabric
If you have been a consistent reader of The Sewing Machine Newsletter, you have probably heard me wax poetic about Automatic Thread Delivery, extolling it as the greatest technology to grace the sewing world in the past half-century.
I bri...
Automatic Tension on Sewing Machines
Many modern sewing machines tout “automatic tension” as a feature.
On the upper tension dial, which is typically numbered 1 through 9/10, with 1 being the lightest tension and 9/10 being the heaviest tension, you will see a slot on the di...
How did Baby Lock get its name?
How did Baby Lock get its name?
At least once a week, we get asked the same question about Baby Lock-- specifically, why on earth would a sewing machine company be called “Baby Lock” in the first place? How did Baby Lock get its name?
I...
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I have been around sewing machines all my life, working both as a technician and a salesman. I plan on giving you tons of sewing machine content here on Substack and hope to grow the sewing machine community.
Education: BS Engineering SJSU 1986 Owner and Chief Technician 1987-Present The Sewing Machine Shop, Walnut Creek, CA. Approx 75,000 sewing machines sold and serviced to date
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