June 30, 2023

Episode Twenty: Sewing Machine Maintenance For Beginners

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38 minutes

Deborah discusses the near-death of her beloved sewing machine, her relationship with her local sewing machine repair shop, and how to maintain our sewing machines so that we don't need repairs as often--and at lower cost.

Atlanta locals, the repair shop Deborah uses is the Atlanta Sewing Center, which has two locations: https://www.atlantasewing.com/

Read Deborah's original blog post with these details and show notes here: https://whip-stitch.com/tag/sewing-machine-maintenance/

Deborah's post about the "Three Most Common Sewing Mistakes--and How To Fix Them" is here: https://whip-stitch.com/answers-to-the-three-most-frequent-sewing-machine-questions/

Deborah's bulk sewing machine needle purchase link is here (this is an affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3XvtCre

The sewing machine cover Deborah mentions, which is both in her book Stitch Savvy and a part of the How To Sew video series, you can see here: https://whip-stitch.com/quilted-sewing-machine-cover/

For more information about the How To Sew video series, see the League of Dressmakers blog post: https://leagueofdressmakers.com/how-to-sew-video-series-master-your-sewing/

For more about rubbing alcohol to clean your tension discs, see this post from the National Quilters Circle

The sewing machine oil with a telescoping spout is here: https://amzn.to/3CNd7NS

Need a new sewing machine instruction manual, especially for a vintage model? Try this archive: https://archive.org/details/manuals?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22sewing+machine%22&sort=-publicdate

The post where Deborah looks at images of sewing thread under the microscope is here: https://whip-stitch.com/your-thread-has-a-shelf-life/

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June 30, 2023

Episode Twenty: Sewing Machine Maintenance For Beginners

Listen Later

38 minutes

Deborah discusses the near-death of her beloved sewing machine, her relationship with her local sewing machine repair shop, and how to maintain our sewing machines so that we don't need repairs as often--and at lower cost.

Atlanta locals, the repair shop Deborah uses is the Atlanta Sewing Center, which has two locations: https://www.atlantasewing.com/

Read Deborah's original blog post with these details and show notes here: https://whip-stitch.com/tag/sewing-machine-maintenance/

Deborah's post about the "Three Most Common Sewing Mistakes--and How To Fix Them" is here: https://whip-stitch.com/answers-to-the-three-most-frequent-sewing-machine-questions/

Deborah's bulk sewing machine needle purchase link is here (this is an affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3XvtCre

The sewing machine cover Deborah mentions, which is both in her book Stitch Savvy and a part of the How To Sew video series, you can see here: https://whip-stitch.com/quilted-sewing-machine-cover/

For more information about the How To Sew video series, see the League of Dressmakers blog post: https://leagueofdressmakers.com/how-to-sew-video-series-master-your-sewing/

For more about rubbing alcohol to clean your tension discs, see this post from the National Quilters Circle

The sewing machine oil with a telescoping spout is here: https://amzn.to/3CNd7NS

Need a new sewing machine instruction manual, especially for a vintage model? Try this archive: https://archive.org/details/manuals?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22sewing+machine%22&sort=-publicdate

The post where Deborah looks at images of sewing thread under the microscope is here: https://whip-stitch.com/your-thread-has-a-shelf-life/

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