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Posted by BEI Design on March 26, 2009, 12:03 am
I'm embroidering the High School Band logo on a bunch of
polo shirts for DD. She doesn't have a child in the school
this year, but likes to keep her hand in. ;-) She sent me
the logo, and I digitized it last year for another bunch of
shirts. I did some minor tweaking to the design, and
transferred it to the machine. put in a nice new ball point
needle, and asked the SM very nicely to thread the needle,
please.
Several attempts and a bunch of ^%#@*& later, I decided to
wax the thread and thread it manually. Still could not get
the thread through the eye. I removed the needle, thinking
I would thread it where I could see it a little better, and
STILL couldn't get the thread through the eye! I finally dug
out my loupe, and guess what? The color code paint for the
type of needle had filled the eye!
Replaced the needle, and all is good. One shirt down, 5 to
go...
Beverly
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on March 26, 2009, 4:55 am
BEI Design wrote:
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> I'm embroidering the High School Band logo on a bunch of
> polo shirts for DD. She doesn't have a child in the school
> this year, but likes to keep her hand in. ;-) She sent me
> the logo, and I digitized it last year for another bunch of
> shirts. I did some minor tweaking to the design, and
> transferred it to the machine. put in a nice new ball point
> needle, and asked the SM very nicely to thread the needle,
> please.
>
> Several attempts and a bunch of ^%#@*& later, I decided to
> wax the thread and thread it manually. Still could not get
> the thread through the eye. I removed the needle, thinking
> I would thread it where I could see it a little better, and
> STILL couldn't get the thread through the eye! I finally dug
> out my loupe, and guess what? The color code paint for the
> type of needle had filled the eye!
>
> Replaced the needle, and all is good. One shirt down, 5 to
> go...
>
> Beverly
>
>
Just now and again even the best has a Friday Afternoon Job! I had a
needle once where the flat had been cut at about 30 degrees from where
it should have been... No way was that one going to work either!
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by BEI Design on March 26, 2009, 12:47 pm
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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> BEI Design wrote:
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> Just now and again even the best has a Friday Afternoon
> Job! I had a needle once where the flat had been cut at
> about 30 degrees from where it should have been... No
> way was that one going to work either!
I fear for our society when quality control at needle
manufacturers falters....
Beverly
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Posted by Sharon Hays on March 26, 2009, 8:54 am
BEI Design wrote:
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> I'm embroidering the High School Band logo on a bunch of
> polo shirts for DD. She doesn't have a child in the school
> this year, but likes to keep her hand in. ;-) She sent me
> the logo, and I digitized it last year for another bunch of
> shirts. I did some minor tweaking to the design, and
> transferred it to the machine. put in a nice new ball point
> needle, and asked the SM very nicely to thread the needle,
> please.
>
> Several attempts and a bunch of ^%#@*& later, I decided to
> wax the thread and thread it manually. Still could not get
> the thread through the eye. I removed the needle, thinking
> I would thread it where I could see it a little better, and
> STILL couldn't get the thread through the eye! I finally dug
> out my loupe, and guess what? The color code paint for the
> type of needle had filled the eye!
>
> Replaced the needle, and all is good. One shirt down, 5 to
> go...
>
> Beverly
Well......that won't drive you loopy or anything. LOL Glad you figured it
out. Be sure you reward yourself for being smart enough to figure that
out. ;)
Sharon
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Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.
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Posted by Juno B on March 26, 2009, 10:22 am
Sharon Hays wrote:
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>> Several attempts and a bunch of ^%#@*& later, I decided to
>> wax the thread and thread it manually. Still could not get
>> the thread through the eye. I removed the needle, thinking
>> I would thread it where I could see it a little better, and
>> STILL couldn't get the thread through the eye! I finally dug
>> out my loupe, and guess what? The color code paint for the
>> type of needle had filled the eye!
>> Replaced the needle, and all is good. One shirt down, 5 to
>> go...
>> Beverly
>
>
>
> Well......that won't drive you loopy or anything. LOL Glad you figured it
> out. Be sure you reward yourself for being smart enough to figure that
> out. ;)
>
> Sharon
Thats what I like about my little viking. the ankle is white and you can
see the hole in the needle right away. Depending on the light it may or
may not be easier to thread.
My peeve this week is trying to get the needle out of the package. I
have several new batches of Schmetz needles and I'm finding it almost
impossible to get the package opened the first time. Yesterday I ended
up giving the darn thing to DH and watched him struggle for at least 3
minutes before he was able to open it for me. Anyone else having that
problem and what's you solution if you are.
Juno
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> polo shirts for DD. She doesn't have a child in the school
> this year, but likes to keep her hand in. ;-) She sent me
> the logo, and I digitized it last year for another bunch of
> shirts. I did some minor tweaking to the design, and
> transferred it to the machine. put in a nice new ball point
> needle, and asked the SM very nicely to thread the needle,
> please.
>
> Several attempts and a bunch of ^%#@*& later, I decided to
> wax the thread and thread it manually. Still could not get
> the thread through the eye. I removed the needle, thinking
> I would thread it where I could see it a little better, and
> STILL couldn't get the thread through the eye! I finally dug
> out my loupe, and guess what? The color code paint for the
> type of needle had filled the eye!
>
> Replaced the needle, and all is good. One shirt down, 5 to
> go...
>
> Beverly
>
>