#if I could learn how to unfuck sewing machines myself I'd be a happy happy girl | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

dinosaurcharcuterie · 1 year ago

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My sewing machine decided it's time to start giving random error messages again whenever I sew.

It's a cheap, 200 euro digital machine, you get what you pay for.

First repair was 3 years back, 110 euros.

This time the estimate is 120 euros.

I am gladly gonna pay for that because 1) I refuse to buy a whole new sewing machine just because the bobbin tension fucks itself every 3 years, 2) sewing machines are one of the few things that still have repair shops semi-widely available, and 3) machine quality and inflation are making it that I couldn't even find an equivalent machine for the same price if I wanted to.

#sewing #right to repair #reduce reuse recycle #the repair shop is right next to my place of work too #very tempted to get a mechanical backup machine #either something tiny or something old #ideally not a pfaff #just to mildly annoy the repair guy who prefers to work on pfaff #i will happily buy *more* sewing machines #used ones #just not to replace 8 kilos of technology that occasionally fumble with a tiny disc of thread #watch me eyeing the battery powered Barbie machine #“hey can you bring your sewing machine and hem my pants when you come over?”#*rocks up with a hot pink machine the size of a chihuahua*#thank you for coming to my ted talk #don't get a singer curvy if you have other options #if I could learn how to unfuck sewing machines myself I'd be a happy happy girl

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