| Your sewing machine sat for years barely used | | | | machines are made to last a lifetime or more, so many |
| except for the occasional patching and hemming. Now | | | | of us have never upgraded to a "self threading" |
| suddenly it's time to get back to really sewing new | | | | machine. |
| garments, curtains, upholstery, and craft projects. Why | | | | You can search Google Video and for sewing tutorials |
| does the manual seem to be written in a foreign | | | | and find lots of tips and tricks. There are knitting |
| language? | | | | tutorials, embroidery tutorials, and yes, even video |
| A sewing machine will wait for years to be opened up | | | | tutorials on how to thread your sewing machine! |
| again, but unlike riding a bike, you may have forgotten | | | | Things you'll need to be comfortable with before your |
| some of the basics of getting the machine going. The | | | | next sewing project: |
| manual is written in short, terse, technical language. | | | | |
| Most manuals are fine for someone who already | | | | 1. Winding the bobbin |
| knows what they're doing and wants to expand. What | | | | 2. Inserting the bobbin inn the bobbin holder |
| you need is a video tutorial. | | | | 3. Threading the sewing machine |
| With the growth online of videos, even Singer Sewing | | | | 4. Changing Presser Feet |
| Machines has digitized some old clips of their tutorials | | | | 5. Finishing seams |
| and loaded them onto the internet. You can see their | | | | Despair not of returning to sewing. Watch the short |
| presser foot videos online if you have Quicktime on | | | | videos of just what you need to know. Whether it's |
| your computer at the site. | | | | just how to wind the bobbin, or how to use your |
| One of the flaws of these videos is that they use | | | | sewing machine to machine sew on flat buttons, you'll |
| exactly the same language as the manual! And where | | | | appreciate the new world of video available on the |
| is a video of threading the machine? Singer sewing | | | | internet. |