Sewing Machine Care
Your sewing equipment is an investment in your creativity. Follow these links for care and trouble shooting information.
Basic Sewing Machine Maintenance
Pointers for basic maintenance of your sewing machine.
Pointers for basic maintenance of your sewing machine.
Locating A Sewing Machine Manual
Increase the potential of your sewing machine and the ability to sell it, by having the machine manual. Includes on and off line sources.
Increase the potential of your sewing machine and the ability to sell it, by having the machine manual. Includes on and off line sources.
Do-It-Yourself: Machine Maintenance
Help, my machine won't work! HAVE YOU EVER UTTERED THAT CRY followed by a trip to your local sewing machine mechanic and an expensive repair bill? Many times, that trip can be avoided with a few simple techniques and some basic maintenance steps to follow. Find more here!
Help, my machine won't work! HAVE YOU EVER UTTERED THAT CRY followed by a trip to your local sewing machine mechanic and an expensive repair bill? Many times, that trip can be avoided with a few simple techniques and some basic maintenance steps to follow. Find more here!
Sewing Machine Trouble Shooting
Basic sewing machine trouble shooting pointers.
Basic sewing machine trouble shooting pointers.
How a Sewing Machine Works
An EXCELLENT reference to gain total understanding of how your sewing machine (and serger) works. Follow all of the pages to see animated gifs of how stitches are formed. The more you know about how the machine works, the easier it is to trouble shot problems.
An EXCELLENT reference to gain total understanding of how your sewing machine (and serger) works. Follow all of the pages to see animated gifs of how stitches are formed. The more you know about how the machine works, the easier it is to trouble shot problems.
NEEDLES - NEEDLES - NEEDLES
Here is a great place to learn all the sewing machine needle basics and what happens with each type of needle.
Here is a great place to learn all the sewing machine needle basics and what happens with each type of needle.
Parts Of A Sewing Machine
A great diagram for all of the basic machine parts. Loads of information and definitions can be found in the 4-H Clothing Project Reference Manual.
A great diagram for all of the basic machine parts. Loads of information and definitions can be found in the 4-H Clothing Project Reference Manual.
Prevent Sewing Machine Malfunctions
Your sewing machine has worked fine for ages. You take it out of storage and the machine has a mind of it's own. What could have gone wrong? Find preventive measures that could save you money on expensive repairs.
Your sewing machine has worked fine for ages. You take it out of storage and the machine has a mind of it's own. What could have gone wrong? Find preventive measures that could save you money on expensive repairs.
Salvaging Sewing Machines and Similar Equipment
Collier County Emergency Management offers excellent reference points for how damage occurs and how to prevent it.
Collier County Emergency Management offers excellent reference points for how damage occurs and how to prevent it.
Sewing Machine Maintenance
A page of oiling information that can be applied to most sewing machines.
A page of oiling information that can be applied to most sewing machines.
TENSION - Not Yours, The Thread's
This write up is mostly for machine embroidery but has the basics for adjusting machine tension.
This write up is mostly for machine embroidery but has the basics for adjusting machine tension.