Hey hon!

There's a couple of issues with the sewing machine, but let's see if we can work it out. For one, I just got mine back from the shop, where I was told "Don't sew any denim with it, and don't loan it out!" Apparently, there are plastic gears inside the thing that are on their last legs...

As for your machine, perhaps I can help figure out what is wrong with it, but I'm not good at setting the timing on them, which is the most common "oops" of any machine.

There should be a good, cheap small machine repair place somewhere in your town. Probably the same company does vaccuume cleaners and other stuff like that. I pay $25 here in Vancouver to have my machine timed about once every 5 years.

So if it's not denim you want sewed, bring the project and that machine with you when you come to the Yule gathering on the 18th, and I'll see what I can do. (If you need it before then, push the panic button...:-))