I was asked to service a Brother overlocker, and found that the pieces of the cover did not fit onto the chassis until I took a file and shaved the edges until the holes lined up for the screws to go in - but as the pieces had been forced together and the screws put in slanting it was a bit late. I used the old trick of putting a piece of match stick into the hole to hold the screw against what was left of the threads.

The insides were not badly put together but there were no adjustments to make, it either worked or it didn't, and everything looked very fragile - like something that the fairy folk might use to edge their little frocks but for normal use, something might snap off at any moment.

I used an old Singer treadle that had belonged to my father's mother whilst I was at home, but it only did straight stitch and I do find the different stitches for sewing and embellishing on my Janome machine very useful.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: