For those of you with naughty embroidery machines... Mine HAD to go in the shop right before Christmas and while I was trying to finish a major project. I was very sad and missed it terribly! It had been behaving badly for quite some time...
Now that I have it back -- it is working beautifully! I even left it at home stitching (one color design had 20,000 stitches left) while I went to the store. I came home and it had finished without issues. My children were home in the event of a catastrophe...but all went well.If your machine is behaving badly, maybe it is past time for yours to be serviced as well.
I am very happy to hear my Babylock humming again.
Wishing a happy New Year to all my Cute friends and their faithful machines!
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I'm so glad your machine is humming again! Happy New Year to you! Hugs, Yoriko
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255054Must look after our babies that keep us feeling good.
I have made an appointment in the Budgeting program that I use to REMIND me to make a day to take mine in for servicing.
I do the same for haircuts as I tend to put them off too.
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by rescuer
30 Dec 2014
That is a good idea except this year it didn't work for me. I have made more multiples of the same item this year than before. My current project has more than 375,000 stitches for one quilt and there are 6 of them. I am already over 500,000 stitches.
by Patricia103
30 Dec 2014
My budget is flexible and willing to be changed when needed. Just like me when I am stitching sometimes. :-)
My stitch count is low at present as I moved house and didn't have the machines set up, making up for it now.
213Mine decided to lock up two days before Thanksgiving. Also in the middle of a major project. the dealer went through it and I test ran it before bringing it home. good thing I did. about 50 stitches into test it locked up again. so in total was gone about 2 weeks. I was miserable. thankfully wasn't anything major.
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by rescuer
28 Dec 2014
Thankfully, my dealer always does a few test stitch-outs before it is "ready" to come home.
125Glad you have it back now. Mine is having no problems with embroidery but has issues with reg sewing. the feed dogs will not come up. Luckily i have several reg sewing machines.
Talked to my dealer just before Christmas and he said I could keep emb. but not to try and sew 'till I brought it in. Luckily that's what I did. Now I'll have to take it in but really do not want to as long as it is embroidering without problems. LOL Don't want to stop long enough to take it in/Lillian
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by rescuer
27 Dec 2014
I never like being without my machine. I am glad you have options for regular sewing. Since I have another Babylock just for sewing and quilting -- I too would struggle taking it in since it is doing the most important thing -- embroidery! ;)
145791Congrats on getting your machine back.. I miss mine every time it goes into the spa... Suzanne
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by rescuer
27 Dec 2014
Thank you. I do try to schedule my machine spa days...I just didn't realize I had put that many stitches on her this time. I guess I will have to check that stitch count more often.
111382Woo Hoo........congrats on getting your baby back...feels good to be stitching once again, huh?
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261163So, if I'm all out of sorts, maybe that's the early warning that the machine is about to need servicing?
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by rescuer
27 Dec 2014
Well...I don't know if you are out of sorts...if sending your machine away will help or not. Sending my machine away for weeks made my "out of sorts" much worse. ;)
66911my repairer say every 1 million sts, but that comes around so quick for me that I make it more , so I always get in trouble, 7mil last time,,,wendy
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by Patricia103
29 Dec 2014
Wendy, I have the 780D - you must do a lot of stitching to use 2 machines.
My service man would be impressed with you too.
The first time I took mine in he asked me if I did a lot of embroidery. Answer - YES. Apparently a lot of people buy them, but don't use them much. They obviously haven't caught the 'bug'!!
by stock
30 Dec 2014
with having a market stall I never stop sewing, the only thing I sell not embroidered is the Barbie tent...wendy
12506I'm glad your baby is home and working perfectly. I am careful to bring my machines in once a year at least for a thorough cleaning and any repairs. I really hate to wait until my machines have tantrums. Gotta love our Babylock machines.
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by rescuer
26 Dec 2014
I do take mine in every year but I had way too many stitches this time around. I think more than 2,000,000 stitches in one year is a lot!
169064I'm still waiting, but I'm glad yours is home safe and sound. Man if I'd have left mine...still stitching! I'd have had heart failure. I can only imagine which part of the room the pieces would be in. :P
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by rescuer
26 Dec 2014
It was not any easier than leaving my children home alone the first time after they're "old enough" if you know what I mean.
Definitely nerve racking!
35301318469Do you have single needle or multiple needle machine? I even have some naughty rayon thread spools that I would not leave unattended. Kay
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by rescuer
26 Dec 2014
A single needle -- until my "ship comes in" and when it does -- I will have both. ;)
85867Glad that your machine is humming along. I am amazed that you did not run out of bobbin thread with 20,000 stitches or have you taught your children how to switch it out? Now you can continue with "I love my machine, I love my machine...." :)
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by rescuer
26 Dec 2014
The pre-wound bobbins go much longer than that for me. I guess I am spoiled. ;)
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