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I have just had a very near calamity. My machine was just stitching the front and back together of yet another zip bag, when there was a terrible noise and my machine ground to a halt. I had obviously knocked over a small cotton reel and the arm of the machine was dragging the reel along. I cleared it and started the machine again but it was out of alignment and it sewed the back on in the wrong place. I ended up using my sewing machine.
In future I will make sure that there is nothing behind my machine.
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dragonflyer
07 May 2017
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Yikes...been there and done that...glad your machine recovered...
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It made the most terrible noise. I was amazed that the needle did not break.
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done that to :(:(
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I will try not to let that ever happen again
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Oops yes I have done that too. My cat usually likes to knock over my threads behind my machine. Hope your machine is ok
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I think my machine is fine, thank you. I will just embroider a small test before I start on another bag
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All's well that ends well as they say...but it can be so annoying having machine problems alone the way. Glad you were able to save it.
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Thank you Penny. I will try and make sure that it does not happen again
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sorry this happened. Good thing you could safe the project by using the sewing machine !!
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Thank you Gerry. Thank goodness I only needed to sew around the whole bag
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I hope all will be well now and the machine has reset itself. That was a painful lesson. I'm glad you shared with us so we avoid doing the same thing.
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Thanks Karen. I only have a very small place to work and I am amazed that it has never happened before.
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kustomkuddle
08 May 2017
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What an awful feeling! Glad that you could finish the bag. Hope the other machine is up and running soon! Debbie
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The bag is not perfect but I am not wasting it just because it is slightly skew.
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sandralane
08 May 2017
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Oh Sarah, yes I think a lot of us have done a similar thing, noise of any kind from your machine is scary. Glad you were able to finish your project and all is well. Sandra.
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I am hoping after a good nights rest both machine and I will have recovered from the ordeal
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asterixsew
08 May 2017
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hope you both have recovered today.
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Everything fine thank you Caroline
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I hope she doesn't have any strains or breaks this morning when you give her another try. That is so disappointing when we are going along so well to have it end like this. I'm glad your bag was recoverable. Fingers crossed for the machine.
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The machine seems to be fine. I put it through a few paces this morning and no problems.
Boy are you lucky!
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Thanks for the reminder!
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Pleasure Penny
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I had a scare early on as I did not have enough clearance behind the machine and the arm and hoop hit the wall. ugh! Good to know. as I look over and see a recently placed tape dispenser behind a machine. Lol!