Broken Bobbin

So as it turns out, the little bobbin on my mom's sewing machine was broken and that's why the thread kept snagging and then the bottom stitching wouldn't catch.  So if we go to the Arlington Sewing Machine on Main St. we can probably get it replaced.  I'm all hopes, but no fears.  Well, they might not have a replacement, because it's an older model, but it's not THAT old!  When this gets fixed, all my sewing projects are "GO."  Super excited.  

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Update!  we got a new bobbin holder and it only cost $15 dollars!  I love the Sewing Machine Store in Arlington and it seemed really busy when we went in.  Now I just have to start on some of these projects.  Alas, I never seem to have very much time because I'm working more than full-time, 42 hours.  I think I need to go back to working on the weekends at Whataburger.  I don't know though.  Really, it's a thinker.

I really need to take this partially done quilt to the quilt store and get it professionally finished.  It's ok to ask for help if you are in deep and you can't find your way out of a craft project.  It's a beautiful quilt and I'd like to use it.  My mom is only going to grunt at me when I ask her help because we have so much other stuff going on that needs and deserves our attention.  Craft projects just naturally take a back burner.  I haven't knitted in months.  And that's saying something cause I suck at knitting and counting stitches, but I have kept myself in knitting projects for 11 years prior to 2017.

Craft Nonsense

Just called Arlington Sewing Machine, I noticed this little shop, going to my appointment in downtown Arlington.  The bobbin holder of my mom's old faithful Singer was chipped, causing the thread to snag and sew big loops that weren't connected to anything.

So I just called them and they said they probably would have the part, I'd just have to bring it in to have them look at it.  If they do or if they don't, it's worth a try, and our sewing machine could be up and running and I'd have a lot of great projects to start on.

I love little mom and pop shops and I wish I could start one.  My dream is a coffee/yarn store.  I'd call it The Knitty Gritty.  Please don't steal my idea.  :)  I even know where I'd put it, that place between Auto Zone and The Half-Price Bookstore almost on Cooper, where the road divides.  It used to be a florist's, I think, but now it's just sitting empty.

I'm going to start including recipes and cookbooks in with my craft nonsense, because I feel it's all related.

Update 12/07/18.  We got the part at The Sewing Machine on Main Street.  Turns out they have everything sewing machines and just had that part.  It was wonderful.

Another idea of where I'd put that store:  on Little Road where the Herby's used to be.