prototyping: how to sew .. and how not to!

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prototyping: how to sew .. and how not to!

another lesson learned! after trying to work on a new prototype, my lovely industrial sewing machine was just not performing as planned: left out stitches, decided not to stitch at all etc etc. my frustration together with the start of a nasty flu were not a great motivator, so i decided to go to bed instead and call mr. sewing machine the next day.

what i found out was that sometimes small things can make all the difference - like putting in the needle the right way! industrial sewing machine needles do not have these little indicators to show you how to put them in the right way like domestic sewing machines. i still don't know how one side makes a difference to the other side, but i now know it does. (btw: the long groove has to be on the left and the thread always has to be fed into the needle left to right)

the machine is working fine .. just need to get rid of that nasty flu!

ps: during this experience i had to open seams x-times .. quite a nice pile of thread going to waste :-(

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- 7 July 2011
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