I only started sewing garments last year and have been using a rotary cutter mainly.

I also use a spare rotary cutter to cut out traced off pattern pieces and it’s where I use my used cutter blades when no longer OK for fabric cutting.

Yes, very true as I have just found out, feeling really anxious about taking it back for them to resolve the issue it looks like they caused during the service.

The market very good if you are a seller from what we’ve seen in the short time we’ve been here.  I think the situation is partly driven by the stamp duty holiday.

Thank you!

I don’t have many photographed items but I do have some and will get them posted up soon

Thank you

Hello again, I joined this lovely forum just before we packed up our house in Scotland and moved to Somerset and life has been pretty hectic so I thought I’d say hello again.

Since arriving here I have managed to put my Bernina in for its first ever service as it was due.  At the moment the jury is out on going back there again as when I brought it home the bobbin winder is mysteriously winding slowly/intermittently when the machine is switched on.  It’s happening when I’m both sewing and not sewing and is extremely annoying.  Even more irritating is the fact that I’ve had no issues at all with my machine till I put it in for the service.

Housing is another story around here as we are slowly finding out.  We are currently renting a house in Frome.  It appears to be a nice place and was recommended.  However, houses with parking spaces are few and far between and some streets are so narrow to drive down, let’s just say I’m not making a very good passenger

Although I would class myself as a beginner now that I think about it I’ve pretty much always had a sewing machine in my home. 

My first new machine was acquired when I started working and bought it myself was an electric Singer, it was OK but I only used it very occasionally for simple alterations.  I then bought a Husquvarna Viking Interlude 435 computerised machine.  This was probably way above my ability requirements and it drove me insane as the top and bottom fabric never went through evenly.  Again, I only very occasionally used this machine and never for garment making, most because I struggled to buy a walking foot from a UK dealer so this machine got sold to a gentleman who wanted to make cushions for his campervan.

A couple of years ago  I went to a yarn show in Edinburgh and stayed across the road from a Bernina dealer, David Drummond’s.  I had a look inside and saw all the wonderful machines and shortly afterwards became the owner of one of the last Bernina 350 which came with a walking foot and quite a few feet.  She is a dream to use and had helped me to really enjoy garment sewing which I really started my journey on last year, 2020.  It still makes me smile knowing that I can go out in public and to work knowing I’m wearing something I made myself.

Welcome. Do you have a sea view from your sewing machine?

I have a seaview but not from my sewing machine as the view is from my back garden and sewing room (previously referred to as craft room till sewing came into my life