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Posted by betsey on June 22, 2009, 11:16 am
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> No, not in the Park with George but in the livingroom with my new toy and
> DD. We put the little darling to bed for her noontime nap a little later
> than usual and her return to us didn't go down well at all. She positivel=
y
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> loved being with her godmother and was evidently reluctant to re-enter ho=
me.
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> So, tired as she was, she screamed herself to sleep and didn't sleep very
> long.
> Anyway, I took the chance and, after reading the manual carefully, I deci=
ded
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> to take off all the covers and give the whole thing a nice cleaning with =
my
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> aero duster. Good thinking, loads of lint. Of course some good machine oi=
l
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> was applied in all the proper places. ;-)
> At this point I had to take a break to take care of DD, dress her, feed h=
er
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> and then leave her to the tender care of DH. They both stayed with me in =
the
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> living room and I expected loads of interruptions. Wait and see.
> I then put the plug in and filled a bobbin with white thread, which went
> o.k. Next was a straight seam on a black rag which showed that I had to
> adjust a) the tension of the upper thread and b) that of the presser foot=
.
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> Nothing unusual, I should think.
> However, when I wanted to move on to reverse, I found that the button did=
n't
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> come back out again as it should. So I took the whole thing apart again a=
nd
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> removed another plate that grants access to the mechanism for Zigzag and
> fancy stitches. Copious amounts of oil were applied now but the button st=
ill
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> tends to get stuck in the reverse position. The dial for fancy stitches
> didn't move at all in the beginning so I didn't try to force it. After
> oiling every spot I could reach it began to move.
> And, believe it or not, as soon as DD saw me sitting down at the table sh=
e
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> scrambled onto the chair next to me and watched every move I made with ra=
pt
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> attention. Can you believe it?! Not two years of age and already in mommy=
's
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> footsteps! I was so proud. Kate, I will definitely need a simple machine =
for
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> her! ;-) (OK, after a while she wanted to climb onto the table so I put h=
ere
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> into her highchair where she divided her attention between my doings and
> undressing herself as far as possible, i.e. shoes, socks and sweatshirt h=
ad
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> to go and she gave her little short-sleeved body a lot of serious pulls a=
nd
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> tugs but the snap fasteners didn't give way, much to her frustration.)
> Anyway, since dinnertime and bedtime for DD were approaching rapidly, I h=
ad
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> to reassemble the whole thing and left it, with more oil in all the right
> places, to soak. To be continued... =A0(Gotta go, DD is awake and wants m=
e.)
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> U.
hi Ursula...
both of my kids, LOVED to watch the sewing machine go. both at age
two would sit in my lap as we pieced pieces of fabric
together....Katie by age 4 had made a dolly quilt. Nate, being a boy,
is still fascinated (now 7) by the "machinery" involved. Cool for you
and the little one!
betsey
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> DD. We put the little darling to bed for her noontime nap a little later
> than usual and her return to us didn't go down well at all. She positivel=