Sooooo.... The Princesses dress is almost done, but, it's being put on the back burner for a bit. Why? Because my ancient secondhand serger broke a needle. Broken needles are usually not an issue as you can change them out. The reason it's an issue this time is because I don't have any needles that fit this fossil of a machine. It takes round shank needles, where as most machines built from 1980s onwards take universal needles (on side rounded on side flat). I had to special order the needles from a store online and they'll take more than a week to get here.
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| It's maybe a late seventies to early eighties model. |
Don't get me wrong, I love my serger, it's a work horse. I bought it over a year ago for $40 off of Craigslist. It works great, the only real problem I've had with it is that I lost the allen wrench that goes to the screw that holds the needles in place and I had to buy a huge set of them just to get the one that fits the screw. I've been lucky so far as nothing essential has broken on it yet. I'm afraid if something does break on it, I'll have to throw it away because it's so old that I won't be able to find parts for it!
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| Beautifully serged edge. |
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| Oh woe is me, the needle broke when attaching the skirt to the bodice. |
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| I had to dig the needle tip out of the fabric. |
I guess I'll just have to save my pennies in case the fossil does break. Hopefully it won't, I don't know if I'll be able to handle a new fangled machine...
~Knotted
