Yippee! It took no time at all to get the machine cleaned up and the tension adjusted. In that brief amount of time, I was reminded of the reason I replaced that machine with a new one, other than wanting a hundred different stitch patterns. The bobbin chamber has to be the most annoying bobbin chamber ever designed. But, the machine works great, so now I can plan what it is I want to sew. Then I can take my small amount of mad money and go buy a few patterns and the notions I’ll need and get to it.

I don’t know why I had so many problems with that machine the last time I had it out a few Christmases ago. I guess it had less to do with an actual problem with the machine and more to do with feeling a lot of pressure to have to make a bunch of presents with stuff I had in the house and not wanting to do it. In fact, I don’t think the machine was giving me any problems at all. I think I just got frustrated and angry about the situation and put it back in the closet.

Well, I’m not frustrated and angry now. I am so excited and looking forward to doing some sewing!

Anyway, here’s my White machine. It’s very basic, but Lin got it at a thrift store for a bargain price when one of my Singer machines needed to go in to the shop for the hundredth time and I got sick of dealing with it (and paying for it).

Of course before I can sew anything, I will have to get back into that damn closet to get to the fabrics. At least those are all on the top shelf and accessible … and Myu hasn’t made a total mess of them yet.