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Carol Perkins: The Stretch Stitch Previous Column: On the Road Again By Carol Perkins The cute material I found to make teddy bears for the Metcalfe Shoebox Mission was a stretchy knit, which is challenging to navigate around ears, arms, and legs. The setting on my sewing machine needed to be for a stretch stitch. I picked up the manual and read, which is something I don't like to do. I scanned the index for the next fifteen minutes but found nothing about a stretch stitch. I learned about a dozen other stitches, but not the one I needed. A picture showed where the tension for a similar stitch was located, but there was no such "wheel" on the side of my machine. "Maybe this book covers more than one model," I thought. When I was thoroughly disgusted at wasting so much time, a brain wave floated by me; I was looking in my Singer Serger book instead of my Brother sewing machine book. No wonder I found nothing about a stretch stitch. When I located the correct information, I found the stitch required a two-needle process. This was much too much work for me at that point, so I stuck to what I had been doing, which was a zig-zag stitch. "I could have sewn twenty bears in the time I wasted," I told Guy when I confessed what a dumb thing I had done. When the last bobbin ran out, I looked for my white thread and remembered something about the three spools (two unused) that didn't work well. I ordered them from Amazon for a dollar a spool, and the website guaranteed they would work with any machine. I wound the bobbin and threaded the machine. My Project Runway Machine rejected my Amazon bargain thread as if I had insulted it. It was as if I had asked it to wear Prada heels and carry a knock-off purse. After countless jams, clogged passageways, and uneven stitches, I turned off the light and left the sewing area. "I'll deal with you later," I said. "Who are you talking to?" Guy asked as I came up the steps. "My sewing machine." I replied. He said, "Oh, I thought you were talking to me." A good laugh at just the right time. You can contact Carol at carolperkins06@gmail.com. This story was posted on 2025-03-28 15:35:51
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