Well next step on the path of learning was to try to make a face covering. I've got a load of old t-shirts from when I went to motorcycle race meetings in the late 80's and 90's that are a bit past it due to age (neck elastic gone, the odd hole) so I thought I would chop out the logos and make a face covering.
Lessons learned:- T-shirt fabric is stretchy and a bugger to work with as a newbie
- Things got better when I upped the tension
- Increasing stitch length helped as well
- Waiting to buy the right needle (ball point) would have resulted in a lot less swearing rather than just diviing in with what I had
Anyway I've learned a lot about tension, stitch length, using reverse and cotton strength (kept snapping) but I've also sewn a lot more and it's getting neater (in places).
Definitely want to change the foot pedal to a flange type rather than the button type I've got.
Onward and, well probably just onward for a while as upward seems a way off ....................
John