Sewing Machine Maintenance Tips
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Jessica Giardino provides helpful tips on how to perform maintenance on your own sewing machine. Learn how to make repairs to your machine at home to save money and stitch happily. Find out how often you should perform maintenance on your machine as well as what tools you may need to help clean your sewing machine.
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I would not recommend ever using steel wool on your machine for any reason. Better to take it to a repair shop. A little bit of money spent can save a lot later.
I enjoyed this video with all its good advice and tips. Thanks, Jessica, for your clear explanations! One thing I wanted to mention is about the replacement light bulb in the universal machine maintenance kit. Most machine light bulbs are either screw-in or snap-in. Check to make sure the light bulb in this kit matches the one in your machine. Ask me how I know about this!
I am new to sewing. needle is broken. Now I am unable to align auto threader and needle. Needle is coming into the auro threader. Please suggest me way out.
Thank you very much for your reply, I cleaned the machine and changed the tension of the upper thread. I will adjust the tension on the bobbin. And change my needle again. Hope that will help me ..... Thank you, Topaz. * By the way, I really love your videos. Are flowing, clear and teaching. *
Question, Why the tension between the Bobin to the upper thread constantly loosens and the stitches are unsuccessful ? Waiting for an answer urgently, Thanks, Topaz.