Weekly Thread Thread #2 6/24/14

I was all about saving the kids’ little kiddo clothes for the memories but the only outfit she wanted to keep was a blue jean skirt that I'd bought at a garage sale (their whole wardrobes up to 8th grade was garage sale but they were still the better dressed students) and a vest made from too small jeans that I'd had appliqued bandanna type western boots and hats and stuff on and sewed eyelet on the bottom. Added some “new” garage sale boots and she was stylin’! There are some various 4-H printed fabrics in the sewing cabinet that want to become garden wear but I haven't figured out how to combine them so the outfit won't be the final straw that cements me into the crazy lady of the neighborhood status. Oh, wait. I've just been saved from the crazy title! Ick, someone just come out of the neighbor's house and has started exercising on the deck with red undies in his hands!!!

I bought a Singer about 8 years ago and hate it. I have to lay it on it’s back to be able to get the last couple doodads threaded and to have easier access to thread the needle. One would think Singer would have figured that problem out a century ago. Weirdest thing. Makes no sense.

I have to lay it on it’s back to be able to get the last couple doodads threaded

Assuming 1) you are right-handed, and that 2) you mean the last hooks that are just above the needle:

With the machine in normal position,
• engage the thread in all previous hooks, including the arm that goes up and down.
• Then put your left index finger behind the thread while holding the end of the thread with your right hand.
• Making a right angle at the level of the target hooks, so the thread is parallel to the work surface, use your right hand and a front-to-back motion to guide the thread into those last two hooks, while your left index finger steadies the thread.
• Last, thread the needle front-to-back.

I have to use a needle-threader thingie or a magnifier on a stand to get the thread through the eye of any needle, these days.

Needle threader. Put the end of the thread through the flexible wire loop; stick the loop through the eye, pull the thread out of the wire loop on the other side, and remove the threader from the eye.

I’m a lefty but can do many things with either hand. It’s not the actual threading but that the last few steps are out of sight line. You simply can’t see them when you’re sitting in front of the machine. The last hook before the needle must be done sort of from the back which makes no sense. Very poor design by Singer. If I were to ever need another machine, this model lost me as a customer.

The last hook before the needle must be done sort of from the back which makes no sense.

I hear you -- I had that on my old White machine. The Singer I bought recently had the last hook in the front, tho. But there are lots of options out there.

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