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genuinegirly · 07-13-2009, 02:23 PM

Thanks for the response, alicat!
I decided to give up on using it for my curtain-making project. It kept tearing the fabric: in-out-in-out quickly right in a row, ripping a nice little bunch of holes that eventually ran together. I'm quick enough with hand stitching that I didn't bother to hunt down a real sewing machine. I took the thing apart completely after struggling with it for a couple of hours. It doesn't have an internal bobbin. Sure, it comes with bobbins, but those are only so you don't have to travel with a whole spool of thread. The stitch it's supposed to make is a loopy thing and it will ravel if you don't tie off both ends immediately. It doesn't do any back-stitching.

They still sell these junky things. Mine was a gift, but I saw them for sale last week at the local CVS pharmacy.

07-13-2009, 02:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
genuinegirly Eat your vegetables Super Moderator Location: Arabidopsis-ville	Thanks for the response, alicat! I decided to give up on using it for my curtain-making project. It kept tearing the fabric: in-out-in-out quickly right in a row, ripping a nice little bunch of holes that eventually ran together. I'm quick enough with hand stitching that I didn't bother to hunt down a real sewing machine. I took the thing apart completely after struggling with it for a couple of hours. It doesn't have an internal bobbin. Sure, it comes with bobbins, but those are only so you don't have to travel with a whole spool of thread. The stitch it's supposed to make is a loopy thing and it will ravel if you don't tie off both ends immediately. It doesn't do any back-stitching. They still sell these junky things. Mine was a gift, but I saw them for sale last week at the local CVS pharmacy. __________________ "Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq "violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy Last edited by genuinegirly; 07-13-2009 at 02:26 PM..