Sarah J. Doyle | May 10, 2010
How about that for a funny title? If you’re like me, I’m never without a LIST of sewing projects waiting to be done. The real kicker is when you’re right in the middle of a major project (and usually one that I’m behind on), when the sewing machine decides to intervene and stop you in [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | November 20, 2009
SEWnFit.com is having a huge sale on all of their bestselling repair ebooks, including the popular “Sewing Machine Repair as a Home Business” book which has NEVER been put on sale before. For a limited time you can get a whopping 30% off all sewing machine, serger and treadle repair books! This is a great [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 29, 2009
How do you bring the bobbin thread up from the bobbin area after changing a bobbin? Did you know there is an actual “correct” procedure for bringing the bobbin thread up from the bobbin? The correct way of bringing the bobbin thread up after changing the bobbin is as follows: A. While holding the top [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 30, 2009
There aren’t too many people in this economy who don’t have stories about hours being cut, jobs lost and benefits reduced IF they still have a job. Many of those unemployed and underemployed are desperately looking for second and third part time jobs just to be able to pay bills and put food on the [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 28, 2009
We all know what a “humming” sewing machine is — one that starts up each and every time we sit down to do some sewing. In other words, it is a sewing machine that stays IN our sewing room and OUT of the repair shop! Our best selling book “Sewing Machine Repair For The Home [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | May 16, 2009
We have done product reviews on a wide variety of items, from button hole elastic to the Twelve In One Magic Ruler and a ton of other items that make the sewers and crafters work a little easier.We’ve been getting quite a few requests to do an informational post on the Sewing Machine Repair For [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | April 14, 2009
With the downturn in the economy, Americans are tightening their belts and pinching their pennies. This in turn has caused an estimated 50% increase in business for local repair shops like Jose Matute’s Gables Shoe Repair shop in Miami.Matute says its been a major change in his business and that his improving finances are allowing [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | February 26, 2009
Tariro Mupombwa is a 21 year old student at the University of Pennsylvania who is working on a major in biochemistry. A couple of months ago she visited her native Zimbabwe and witnessed the effects of the cholera epidemic that started last August, along with the major economic issues the country is having.In an effort [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | February 2, 2009
One of the most irritating things that can happen to those of us in the sewing, alteration, crafting, doll making and other “sewing” businesses is for a machine to break down in the middle of a rush project — or any other day of the week! We simply do NOT have the time to spare [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | December 16, 2008
Edwin Pacheco’s new sewing machine repair shop is already filled with dusty old machines and dozens of well used metal shelves and drawers. The Elliot Sewing Machine Company was started by Pacheco’s uncle over 50 years ago, but moved this week from south Boston to its new location in Quincy, Massachusetts.Pacheco was working as a medical [...]
