The stitch that wrecked my sewing machine

April 25, 2009

Well it may not have completely wrecked my machine but since Celine hemmed her pants using this fancy stitch my machine only goes backwards!

My mother taught me to sew (supplemented by home-ec lessons) on this machine and passed it along to me years ago when she bought a newer model. I'm guessing it's at least 20 years old. She was always very cautious about me turning the stitch selector dial. Because of that I only used the straight stitch except for the occasional zig-zag.

But Celine wanted to use a more creative pattern when she was hemming her jeans this week. Click, click, click... Around the dial went and back again. I think it was worth it for this sweet stitch but I am hoping it will magically start to sew in the correct direction the next time I use it.