I have been sewing since I was about 12 years old when my mother thought putting me in a sewing class would be a wonderful way to keep me from bouncing off the walls one summer. I have been sewing, but I have never fully mastered the inner workings of my machine.
If ever something breaks, makes a funny noise, or even gets a little dusty, I am the first one to call the sewing machine doctor to get some professional TLC. I feel I am pretty good at lots of things, but there are some things just better left to the experts…If my chest was sounding a little funny, would I perform open heart surgery? No, of course not. I would leave the technical trickery to the experts. Which is just what I did a few weeks ago when my machine whirred, angrily groaned, and came to a stop.

Thimble Pleasures Sewing and Quilting Shop - Chapel Hill, NC

I Googled “sewing machine repair” in my zip code and came up with a listing for a shop called Thimble Pleasures. I had never gone anywhere but the “official Singer sewing machine repair shop,”  but this place was very near where I had an appointment that afternoon so I gave it a shot.

Walking in, I noticed there were tons of really high-tech, gorgeous sewing machines of all kinds, rows of fabric, and projects displayed everywhere. I handed my broken baby to the gal behind the counter and told her I’d be back after my appointment.

About an hour later when I returned, the diagnosis was a “burr” on my needle and a slight issue with the spinny thing underneath which she fixed free of charge. “You know,” a nice girl who worked there said, “We do have a Sewing Machine Care 101 class if you are interested.” Needless to say I will be attending the next session!

Amongst the Joann’s, Walmarts, A.C Moore’s of the world, I am pretty excited we still have local shops like Thimble Pleasures! What a wonderful place…

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