We get a lot of enquiries about sewing machine care and lessons. Many have a sewing machine that has been put away and not confident how to use it or its not working. So here’s some guidance and recommendations for businesses that will service your machines. We also have listed places that you can buy or hire machines from.
Hints and tips on using a Sewing Machine
If you have got access to a sewing machine, look through the manual to get a feel for the machine. If there is no manual with it, you usually can find a copy online by googling make and product name and its usually a download is available. The manual should give you guidance on looking after your machine.
For some sewing machine tips to get you started and using your machine effectively:
- Sewing Machine Maintenance Tips Harbsew goes into the 5 common things that might be affecting the performance of your sewing machine.
- Sewing Machine tension: How does my tension affect the outcome of a stitch? This is a brilliant guide on how to correct the tension on a sewing machine.
- Change thread: If your sewing machine not responding to changing the tension, change the thread. Sometimes the machine is struggling with the current thread you have. Its worth investing in quality threads like Gutermann, as some of the cheaper threads can be difficult to work with.
- Sewing Machine Stitch Sampler: What are all the stitches on your sewing machine? Make a sampler of each stitch as reference like our volunteer Jenny did so you can see what each stitch is and which one will be good for what you are working on.
- Sewing Machine Wiki: Restart Party on Sewing Machine wiki: This covers the principles of operation, maintenance, and common problems encountered with domestic sewing machines.
Sewing Machine Care
To keep your sewing machines in tip top condition, a little care and cleaning goes along way. The Restart party who campaigns and facilitates repair organised and recorded this brilliant Skillshare on maintaining your sewing machine, which includes some great hints and tips. Well worth a watch. Plus as mentioned above they also have a written wiki guide.
The Restart Project is a great organisation that helps people learn how to repair their broken electronics, and rethink how they consume them in the first place.
Sewing machines services
If your machine is misbehaving we recommend getting your machine serviced and checked for issues by these companies.
Sewing Machine Mobile Technicians
Both of these technicians come with many local recommendations.
- Mobile Sewing Engineer Tel: 077 8619 3889 https://sewingmachineengineer.co.uk
- Sewing Machine Repairs Denis Smith Tel: 07944 539296
- Harbsew: Offers both call out servicing and drop off servicing of sewing machines. Based in Acton at 207-211 The Vale, Acton, London, W3 7QS. Book here for servicing
Local sewing machine shops
These shops offer servicing and are more expensive than the mobile technicians above but another option for you.
- Harbsew: Offers both call out servicing and drop off servicing of sewing machines. They also offer machine hire and sales. Based in Acton at 207-211 The Vale, Acton, London, W3 7QS. Book here for servicing
- Olympic sewing machines, Tel: 020 8743 6683 Shepherds Bush https://www.olympicsewingmachines.co.uk/
- Tysew, Relocated to Iver Tel: 02085741750 https://www.tysew.co.uk/
Sewing machine lessons
Looking for a sewing machine class? We are lucky to have a great variety of sewing classes around in Ealing. See our blog on Ealing Sewing Machines Lessons.
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