{"id":24220,"date":"2014-07-28T05:56:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T12:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=24220"},"modified":"2016-06-28T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T23:08:09","slug":"good-news-on-the-sewing-machine-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/good-news-on-the-sewing-machine-front\/","title":{"rendered":"Good News on the Sewing Machine Front"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday<\/em><\/p>\n

I have a talked a lot about my sewing machine in the recent past<\/a> and the news has been all bad. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

Finally, last week I got some GOOD news. Finally!<\/p>\n

My mom took my machine to Always Quilting for me. I really had nothing to lose since it had been deemed terminal and, perhaps though hope was slim, I could catch a break. I feel like the machine has been at the shop forever.<\/p>\n

Anyway, Wednesday I got a call from the woman who was working on it. She wanted to hear the story of the machine.<\/p>\n

Huh?<\/p>\n

Why would someone want to know the story of my machine? Good idea, but it sounded weird. I think it just sounded weird, because nobody had ever asked me about that before. I told her my whole long sad tale of woe.<\/p>\n

She asked if I had noticed skipped stitches or tension problems. I said that I could never get the tension right to free motion quilt, but other than that I wasn’t having any problems. She said that my needle bar was out of alignment. That was a new one on me! I now have a secret hope that I might be able to free motion quilt again sometime. Maybe? Perhaps?<\/p>\n

She said that there had been too many hands on the machine and the connections were a mess. She said that a lot of the electronic connections had to be re-soldered, but no new screen was needed and I should have the 9K back by the weekend. I couldn’t believe it!<\/p>\n

She said that the machine was NOT<\/em> terminal!<\/p>\n

I feel like I have won the lottery, a reprieve or something really good. I can’t wait to get my machine back.<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/em><\/p>\n

I went and got the machine today. I normally don’t leave, but I am in a weird place with various projects and needed some exercise.<\/p>\n

I got the machine back and set it up. First thing I noticed was that the light doesn’t work. Sigh.<\/p>\n

The second thing I noticed was that the screen DOES work. YAY!<\/p>\n

The needle bar definitely is different. I hope it is straight, though it doesn’t look straight. The seams seem to be straight if a touch wider than a scant 1\/4″.<\/p>\n

It sounds better, too. I like the sound of my 9k. It is quieter than my other machine.<\/p>\n

I will also have a knee lift available again. I haven’t used it yet, but it is set up and ready to go.<\/p>\n

My fingers are crossed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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