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Just need to express/vent my panic BLCS seems to have MAJOR problem
MNBarb   Intermediate MN USA Member since 2010 Posts: 1227	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/7/12 11:33 AM I was planning to sew my way through the weekend. I was making a second pair of Jalie yoga pants out of a lovely rayon stretch double knit to wear to work. I like to coverstitch all of the seams. I was in the middle of coverstitching the inseam (tricky to get that leg fabric all bunched up) and there was a VERY LOUD clunk! The entire part that holds the needles seems to have broken away from the machine and the looper bar with automatic threader is detached! My machine is still under warrenty so it will either be fixed or replaced but the technician said he MIGHT be able to save my pants! Really? They were looking so good and this was the last 1.5 yard of fabric from this online retailer. The poor pants just looked like a messed up wad of fabric once it left my sewing room and was on the counter at the repair shop. I think I'll go for some exercise to clear my head and take my frustration down a few notches. ------ Barb "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison "I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow." Woodrow Wilson
skae   Advanced MN USA Member since 2007 Posts: 2255	Login to reply to this post In reply to MNBarb Like this post Date: 1/7/12 11:46 AM OH!!!! NO!!!!!!! Did you clear your head is your frustration down a few notches. Did you hear anything from the dealer? ------ ý1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
MNBarb   Intermediate MN USA Member since 2010 Posts: 1227	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/11/12 6:58 PM I picked up my machine today. It seems to be in working order. I told the technician it was like having one of my kids away at a 3 night sleepover. It's good to have her back at home. I haven't done any stitching but the post repair sample looks good. I think my yoga pants also survived. What I learned from this... 1)You can only jamb so much fabric through that 2 inch space on the BCLS before it gets caught up in the needle bar and causes the machine to STOP! 2)Coverstitching to topstitch the inseam might not be a brilliant idea even though it worked in the past. Off to finish the pants. ------ Barb "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison "I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow." Woodrow Wilson
AdaH   Intermediate IA USA Member since 2009 Posts: 1436	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/11/12 10:46 PM So glad your baby is back home safe and sound. ------ Ada
Raye Ann   Intermediate CA USA Member since 2009 Posts: 576	Login to reply to this post In reply to MNBarb Like this post Date: 1/11/12 11:03 PM So glad to hear all is well!! My machines need a thorough cleaning and small maintenance, but I cant stand to be away from them;). How are you liking your BLCS? ------ Raye Ann
iSewQuiltArt Intermediate AUSTRALIA Member since 2008 Posts: 2057	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/12/12 0:29 AM Oh my goodness, you made my heart stop for a second when I read what happened! How scarey. I have never head of that happening, although I have heard of needle threaders totally falling off machines (not coverstitch machines though) I hope your baby is better than before and back to sewing in no time flat. I just had my coverstitch wrecked by a removalist company- broken thread stand, machine won't sew. Sad, waiting on insurance claim, but I swooped in on a Bernina cover and chain 009DCC and LOVE it. If the old machine is a write off they can reimburse. If tis repairable it will be sold to someone else as I do like the new machine more. ------ Will quilt for fabric! Sewing up a storm in Canberra ACT
Terri A   Intermediate USA Member since 2008 Posts: 887	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/12/12 0:45 AM Very scary... wow!!!!! Glad it all worked out! ------ http://threadtherapy.blogspot.com/
poorpigling Advanced TX USA Member since 2007 Posts: 8680	Login to reply to this post In reply to MNBarb Like this post Date: 1/12/12 0:48 AM Thanks for the tips.. Also thank you for reminded us all we should have back up coverstitch machines also..
Maia B Advanced Beginner IL USA Member since 2010 Posts: 1855	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/12/12 9:19 AM Crazy!!! Glad it's ok now. So the pants were salvaged? Because that would really burn me, too, to scrap a project. ------ Berninas 820 QE, Artista 630 PQE, Aurora 440 QE, Activa 240, 930 Record, and 731 Baby Lock Quest Plus, Featherweight 221s...
PattiAnnJ   Advanced OH USA Member since 2006 Posts: 3186	Login to reply to this post In reply to MNBarb Like this post Date: 1/12/12 9:37 AM Been there, done that (force feeding fabric). Operator error can be costly.

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