Success!
This is a triumph. I'm making a note here - huge success.
The 101 works. It needs cleaning inside, and I need to locate a source for Tri-flow grease, but I can sew on it. Now to work on the green petticoat - I refuse to pick out a fabric to be a skirt for the Faire garb until I can see it in true colors tomorrow morning.
ETA: Ha, or, you know, NOT. Machine runs fine, except for the part where the bobbin winder is frozen. Which, whatever, I can work around that. What I can't work around is the upper thread not actually picking up the bobbin thread and making a stitch with it.
I have a suspicion that this, like the 401's presser foot, is something I can fix myself given time. Just, right now time isn't something I have enough of. Mom, may I borrow your portable?
The 101 works. It needs cleaning inside, and I need to locate a source for Tri-flow grease, but I can sew on it. Now to work on the green petticoat - I refuse to pick out a fabric to be a skirt for the Faire garb until I can see it in true colors tomorrow morning.
ETA: Ha, or, you know, NOT. Machine runs fine, except for the part where the bobbin winder is frozen. Which, whatever, I can work around that. What I can't work around is the upper thread not actually picking up the bobbin thread and making a stitch with it.
I have a suspicion that this, like the 401's presser foot, is something I can fix myself given time. Just, right now time isn't something I have enough of. Mom, may I borrow your portable?