I'm not sure when I bought this Necchi sewing machine but I'm guessing it was 6-7 years ago. I've sewed with it a lot and it's never been serviced. That last dress I made was a tight textured knit fabric and my machine did not like sewing it, the tension looked wrong and it skipped quite a few stitches.
I thought about taking this machine in for service (and sometimes that is the only way) but I really like to just do things myself.
I did some searches about the causes of my stitch goofs. One is a dirty machine.
So, I got out the brush that came with the machine. I opened the front door and dusted all those parts.
Then I unscrewed the cover over the bobbin and dusted all that space.
My husband removed the screws on the bottom plate and found lots more lint and dust in there.
He said some canned air would of been good for cleaning the inside too, if we'd had any.
Another cause of skipped stitches might be the wrong needles. I was using universal needles and they weren't working so I got 2 packs of needles for knits at Joann's.
If you look close, you can see the after stitch- in red at the top of the photo.
Our dusting and $7 in needles resulted in perfect stitches on knit fabric.
This saved at least $50 and 2 trips to the next town where a shop is that services sewing machines.
The patterns can be printed on a home printer and then the pieces taped together. That's my method, because I like to do things myself. They can also be printed at a copy place on large sheets so no taping would be involved.
I thought about taking this machine in for service (and sometimes that is the only way) but I really like to just do things myself.
I did some searches about the causes of my stitch goofs. One is a dirty machine.
Then I unscrewed the cover over the bobbin and dusted all that space.
He said some canned air would of been good for cleaning the inside too, if we'd had any.
Another cause of skipped stitches might be the wrong needles. I was using universal needles and they weren't working so I got 2 packs of needles for knits at Joann's.
If you look close, you can see the after stitch- in red at the top of the photo.
Our dusting and $7 in needles resulted in perfect stitches on knit fabric.
This saved at least $50 and 2 trips to the next town where a shop is that services sewing machines.
I've made 2 different Lovenotions.com patterns and liked them both so much.
Tonight, I started a 3rd- the Cadence. It is similar to the Laundry Day Tee but it uses woven fabric.
I hope to start cutting out a Cadence soon and I'll post the results.
I truly like Love Notions because their garments are stylish very easy to sew and they are so easy to fit.
If you want to try the Laundry Day Tee pattern for free, just join this page on Facebook and you can get the code to get that pattern free.
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