The weeks leading up to our Holiday Boutique are filled with sewing. Lots of sewing….serious sewing….it is no time to have my sewing machine break down on me and yet it happened! My Loving Spouse was dispatched to call every sewing machine repair place in the entire state of Washington. (Okay, maybe not every one, but a LOT of them.) They all said the same thing…’it’ll take 2 weeks’! Two weeks! Are you kidding me!! I cannot have my machine gone for 2 weeks ever!
There ‘it’ began. My Loving Spouse started fixing things with motors at 12 years old. He has always had an affinity for sewing machines and when I married him, he even came with one of his own. We began talking about sewing machines a lot. He began fixing friends’ machines that had been deemed ‘not worth fixing’. 
He spent most of Thanksgiving day at the kitchen table working on Number One Wife’s machine. It had been declared hopeless, which was all the challenged he needed. By the time the turkey gravy was poured, it was humming.
With a few spare bits, he built me a bobbin winder. (Betty would be shocked and envious.) It winds like a son-of-a-gun, but my favorite part is the bit of fishing pole he utilized.
It has been said more than once, ‘My Loving Spouse is as handy as pockets.’
His new ‘side hustle’ is a perfect fit for him. Machinery to fix, that doesn’t require heavy lifting or crawling on the ground. Rescuing sewing enthusiasts in distress.
Yes, my machine is humming again….and we are blessed.
I have a broken machine sitting in my closet. However, my niece just sold me an old one for $25. so I am happy.
I gave my after school kids an old machine and screw drivers. They are having so much fun taking it a part!
Your ‘new’ one is probably wonderful!
Go Pat!!! Woo-Hoo! I bet he will be so busy repairing sewing machines all over your area that he will have to quit his day job. Hoping?? Maybe he could add his expertise to other small home appliances…. blenders? toasters? The sky’s the limit. BTW, I love the Rube Goldberg bobbin winder!!!
I hope so! It would be nice to have him home a bit more.
That is classic!
As is he!
He is a classic!
Oh I love this! Have a very old Singer Featherweight that I’d love to have refurbished.
Oh, we LOVE all Featherweights. He just did the one he owns that was his ‘mothers’.