The Ferret

my new sewing maching seems to be acting up. i tried to ignore the signs because i was too eager to get back to work after my nearly two week hiatus, but things have gotten too out of control now it’s frustrating. to make matters worse Necchi is an Italian product and their website is in err… Spanish, or is it Italian? (shoot me! do Italians know what language i speak in my village?)

hmm… lets see, where do i begin:

- the light is not working. so i have to use a lamp to enhance sewing precision

- the thread keeps getting jammed underneath and it’s frustrating because i keep going back and forth. i keep having to pull the fabric and snip the knot underneath which sometimes frays the fabric. 

- the thread tension dial is redundant. doesn’t matter what number it is on, the top tension still remains the same. even after i tried trouble shooting with the manual that came with it. 

- it’s bloody cold in the garage where i work and i swear i must have oozed ten liters of mucor out of my nose while i was there yesterday. and yes, i know it has nothing to do with the machine, still….

- i noticed there was a sticker for another address on the carton it came in  making it highly likely that it was faulty and returned by the previous owner. or it was ’spoilt’ by her and returned as a malfunctioned product which Tesco happily dumped back on me. 

clearly there’s no other choice but to take it back. i ordered online and i still haven’t forgiven the delivery man for dumping it at the doorstep and jetting off, not that i expected a hug or anything.

however i’m conflicted between exchanging it for another one or asking for a refund altogether and acquire a different model entirely. 

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before returning this machine, i’ll remember sewing this tie collar long sleeved shirt with fold over cuffs. 

it looks like a continuous clone of a mandarin collar. i realized after sewing that it would have been better to used a softer stay so that it hugs the neck more fluidly and the ‘tying’ doesn’t appear disconnected from the ‘collar’. not sure if that makes sense. i also don’t need to mention that i retarded the left cuff by putting the button holes on the wrong side. now i have to put a make believe button on the other side so that it looks ok… not that anyone is going to eyeball my cuffs, but just to be on the safe side is all. thank God i didn’t listen to my SIL and insisted i actually make the first shirt for myself before starting on others. any dress maker knows if you haven’t sewn in a while you’re bound to make mistakes… hell, even if you’ve been sewing since back when bell bottoms were totally rad, you’re not exempted from making mistakes. 

i really miss my old machine. used it for seven good months! i was so confident i could sew a perfectly straight stitch. but this one makes my confidence shake a bit. whatever machine i get will definitely take some getting used to. *sigh* wish i could just fast forward to when i have totally mastered it. 

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meanwhile, i’m still trying to think up a name for my business. sui generis has already been taken *sad*

whatever it is though,  it has to be simple yet savvy, memorable, and represents my intentions; which is basically to clothe women in a modest, yet sophisticated way. 

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in an unrelated matter, i’m thinking of re-birthing Bubbles. there’s so much stupidity going around i can’t ignore them much longer. it’s like the world is closing in on itself and the opinionated woman in me can’t keep it in any longer.