Kids' Clothes Week - the rest, Part II

Teaser picture of a finished t-shirt:

I think you can see already the level of quality that I and my sewing machine spewed out this time, no? So perhaps this doesn't come as a surprise:

Yes, that's what I did to my first ever twin needle. The machine gave me an error code which upon consultation of the manual turned out to mean something along the lines of Tangled Thread Meltdown.

No shit, Sherlock.

By some weird miracle I had a spare, which worked like a dream but was a different size. Thus we have this nice hem effect in the front middle of the shirt:

Then I had to seam rip the neckline twice, thus stretching it beyond repair and ending up with a funky wibbly effect.

But he seems to like it. He must do - he lovingly stained it with tomato immediately.

Machine love

Even brand new sewing machines are not immune to fluff, it seems. Me being a bit of a technical dunce about these things, I tried every possible solution from the manual (and probably some other irrelevant ones too) before eventually curing my repeatedly-broken bobbin thread problem by getting up close and personal with a screwdiver and the machine's inner workings.

Having got all down and dirty with its nooks and crannies (I performed a rather intimate, gentle toothbrushing-style action and then I blew), I actually I love this machine even more than I did before. Which frankly is out of all proportion for a mechanised home-economics device, even if it was Very Expensive.