Lately, I’ve been working to finish two denim skirts for my girls. All was going well until my Kenmore of 6 years decided to give out on me the other day. There’s something going on with the bobbin “thingy”. (Forgive my amateur verbage, but I really don’t know what it’s called.) The under threading is skipping stitches and keeps causing everything to lock up every few rotations.
I was a little bumbed out about the whole thing because I was in the middle of a project and didn’t want to stop. I didn’t want to finish the skirts on my serger, so I had to figure something out.
When we moved into our house 2 years ago, the previous owner left a vintage sewing table with a built in sewing machine by Centennial. I vaguely remember trying to get more info online, with no success. Since I had my own working machine at the time, I kind of ignored the little vintage one and used the table to set up my work station.
Well, much to my surprise, it works! It’s slow, but at least I was able to finish my seams. I already don’t have a need for it anymore because I found a $25 vintage Kenmore yesterday that runs beautifully (Woo! Hoo!). I’ll be closing my little Centennial up once again, but I’m very thankful that she was around to come to my rescue.
Keep sewing,
-Calandra
