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My sewing machine won't sew......lol. My Bernina 440QE will not sew a basting stitch . I program it as directed from instruction book. Cannot find any help on RUclips. They help with newer machines but mine is a little on the vintage side. Can you help.?

Thank you!

Really helpful, thanks 🙂

Would there be a mold or mildew problem doing this?

Im iin my 70s. My mother gave me my 221 when I was in high school and although it was put away for a while i revived it 30 yrs ago when i started quilting. A few years ago i found a 222. I love them both! Glad to hear about the greese

Thank you. Have a 221 ans 222

I just recently was able to buy a 222K. I am very happy with it.

Sis, I have 9 inch singer brand fabric scissors with serial number C 309, can the locking bolt be adjusted to adjust the tightness?

Thanks ... Needed this for my old machine.

I DON’T HAVE THIS KIND OF MACHINE BUT IT WAS STILL INTERESTING!

Wish I had known this when I was using an old singer! Still interesting!😊

So informative~Thank you so much!

SO much help and explained in a way that makes sense to me!

I just bought a 1950 221-1 Featherweight. I’ve oiled it and it just purrs. It’s in excellent condition and doesn’t look like it was used much. The only issue I have is that when I wind up a bobbin the needle still goes up and down even though I’ve loosened the hand 19:57 wheel.Any suggestions?

I have this machine coming next week. Watching this video has added to the excitement.

My mom gifted me all her sewing treasures including her decades old Pfaff that still works like a workhorse and all her thread. Although the way I cleaned all the thread was a little different than this idea it was basically the same thing and it worked wonderfully. Thanks for sharing

Hi you didn’t show what you actually did with the rolled up paper tube!!!!!!! ???????

I have a tension question. I have a 1947 221. I can set the tension and get a good looking stitch, but after a short time of sewing, the stitches get out of tension. At one point, I took apart the tension assembly and the inside was full of black greasy goop! I cleaned it out as best I could, not having any kerosene on hand. It wasn't much better after reassembling. I now have kerosene on hand. I was thinking maybe new springs and another clean out might help. The tension disks seem to be in good condition with no rust or rough places. Any other thoughts?

Thanks. Needed

Thanks, I needed this.

The worst thread I have used came from Viking store. Do not like rayon thread. I prefer to sew with polyester thread.

Good morning. I am so glad I stumbled upon this video!! My thread keeps breaking and fraying. The local sewing machine repair shop changed their hours. So how they expect us working folks to come in is mind boggling!! I am going to give this a try!! Never thought it was a thread problem. I am going to give this a try!! Thanks so much!! I will subscribe!!

Great! I have another problem. The plastic cones inside my rather cheap overlock thread crumble after a few years. I have tried stuffing them with toilet rolls shaped to conical shape, but this isn’t very successful. Any ideas? Thanks for your videos!

Now that was cool thank you for your tip I will try it. So excited

Will this method also work with cotton embroidery thread such as DMC, Anchor etc? I'm thinking it will.

Great tip.

Lovely advise, thank you ❤

Wow, great tip, must try!

Does that suggest we could rejuvenate clothing pieces too?

I would just put a humidifer in my sewing room. I live in the c desert, so sometimes I do that

I’m going to try this. When my relatives pass away I always get their thread and I am afraid it was so old that it would break. This is the first time I have heard this…thanks❤

Thank you for your instructions 👏👏👏

Old brittle thread will not get better by using this technique or any. Just like clothing, thread can dry rot. Using old and brittle threads can cause issues with your sewing machines as well.

Having spent a lifetime in damp houses in a rainy country, the idea of this problem has never even occured to me 🤣

Guess I’ve been living in a tree for the last 80 + years. This is the first time I’ve heard that moisture in old thread needed to be restored. I taught myself to sew mostly from trial and error with help from PBS programs decades ago. That drawer full of thread in my sewing room might benefit. I’ll give it a try.

Be right back. Gotta adjust my differential feed.

Thank you for sharing!

How can this help with polyester thread? Some of your threads obviously are polyester, which doesn’t take on moisture.

Thank you!

This is great! I have not heard of this before but will sure be doing to my array of old threads. Thanks so much for sharing. Take care and blessings to y'all.

Thank you for this, very helpful, I have a lot of old thread.

I’ve been using it for basting

But how old is "old thread"? Is a year old?? 2 years? More? And how do you know how long the thread sat in a store? New to sewing so I have no idea. I just bought this cone of thread - had it only a week or so - and its constantly breaking. The top thread. But it doesnt make any rats nests.

But does it remove the dust? That is what gums up sewing machines. Think I'll skip this hint. Not that bad off.

Question: I have some threads from around early 1930’s on some flat disk-shaped wooden spools with logo of manufacturer stamped on the wood ends along with content. They are silk. I would dearly love to hydrate these lovely coloured threads to use them in the finishing of some garments, but have discovered that they break very easily. Have you tried this with silk that is that old? (I used the manufacturer’s name on the ends to discover about when these were made since there were some mergers around that time and also name changes in the company due to factories being built, sold and bought back.) On a different note, I used to use this method with brown sugar in my foods classroom. Either you have to deal with rock hard brown sugar, or someone has thrown a damp paper towel on top and the water from the towel has “washed” the molasses coating off the sugar and turned it white. (I watched another teacher throw a mostly full tub of sugar away because she thought the white area of sugar meant it had gone bad. I couldn’t get to her fast enough to stop her and my voice wouldn’t have been heard over the classroom noise during the lab that was in progress. Arrrggg!!!) Put damp paper towels in a small plastic bag; leave it open. Put the brown sugar in a large plastic bag…this makes it easier to press the sugar into the measuring cup (supporting the cup portion so you don’t break the handle off) and level it off using the outside of the bag to keep fingers clean. Put the open bag of sugar in a tightly sealing tub and tuck the small open bag down the side between the brown sugar bag and the tub. Check it once in a while. It will keep the brown sugar moist and also rehydrate any sugar that has dried on the store shelves. Of course since Lantic/Roger’s sugar has finished with the strike that occurred last year, there shouldn’t be any old sugar on shelves anywhere round here. Trying to plan labs and acquire ingredients was interesting last year due to all kinds of suppliers and transport going on strike…couldn’t get salt round here at one point. Needed that for labs and to throw in the backs of cupboards to get rid of the silverfish we saw (Not my classroom; I inherited it for 4 months before I decided to retire.).

I’ve never heard of rejuvenating threads. I have some really old ones so I will try this

Freezing thread after they are hydrated in a very well sealed bag can eliminate odors, as it kills mold and fungus. Works for clothes and furs too...

This video is very general in its information. The manufacturing of thread has changed through the years as has much of the material used in making thread. Its inportant to try to date the thread one has to understand the material used in the thread & even how many pyls/twists are in the thread. Natural fibers are the thread types that can just get so old that the fibers just rot/dry out break down & no water is going to strengthen them. And then some threads that are a man-made fiber of a type of plastic, the old old ones can just become so brittle that no water can strengthen them. It really is about age of the thread & time involved & how they were manufactured & even how they have been stored, affected by temperature & sunlight exposure, that determines if the threads are saveable.

Amazing

Just run thread through bees wax. So much easier