A New Friend and Step 2!

Did you see this post on Bonnie Hunter's website two days ago? Allison in Plano invited Bonnie to visit her home to see her collection of vintage quilts and sewing machines. In that second picture I count no less than five treadle machines and lots of other beauties. Wow!

I had barely finished reading that post when I received a nice comment on a post I had done on December 20. The comment was from Allison, and in it she asked about the problem I was having with my "new" Singer 404 that I had posted about on December 3. Was this the same Allison from Bonnie's post? Yep!

Since I had JUST finished reading that she works on vintage machines, I accepted her generous offer of help.

With Allison's suggestions, I believe I have figured out the problem. Without Allison, I was ready to start taking things apart and adjusting things I know nothing about, but I am willing to learn--even if it would have been the hard way. But with Allison holding my virtual hand and going through some basics step by step, I discovered that it was the NEEDLE! That's all it took--a new needle!

I'll have to sew on it a little while to know for sure, and that may not happen for a few days as I am happily piecing Bonnie Hunter's Easy Street on my FW, but it seems to be fixed. Thanks, Allison.

Now back to those funny flying geese--step 2 of Easy Street almost finished!