One gal's trash...

Well you know what they say, one gal's trash is another gal's treasure!

I was walking to the lactic factory yesterday afternoon, enjoying the brief winter sunshine, and spotted the following in someones "hard rubbish":


That's right, my very own toy sewing machine! Switching it on revealed that it seemed to work (the light came on at least) and it even had it's own little reel of thread!

So, today I had a bit of a play to see if it worked...

I made a guess at how to thread it, and threaded it up with some red thread (for visibility). Which in itself was HARD! The needle was SO hard to thread!!! I also couldn't work out how it was going to work, as it has no bobbin!!! I pondered it for a few short moments and then decided to carry on so I could find out.

The batteries in it are a bit drained so when I push the little peddle it makes a bit of an effort but only gets half way through a stitch (and I don't happen to have any of the enormous size D batteries it requires lying around the house) so I moved it along by hand with the wheel-y thing on the right hand side (which I feel I should know the real name for, but I do not).

A few minutes later I had my very own little line of stitching:
Which can be made without a bobbin because it makes little loops with the thread on each stitch:
(something useful to know as you have to pull the last stitch to the back or it all come undone with the smallest little tug!)

Lastly I tried sewing a seam with the machine... there were a few missed stitches, but the biggest problem was how loose the stitches are, meaning the seam is a bit miserable to be honest!


And now I'm done playing and have no idea what to do with my new treasure other than let it be yet another thing cluttering up our house! Cute as it is, and I'm sure there's a better home for it out there somewhere. So, if anyone local has a better use for it please give me a shout, as I'd love to find it a happy (and more appropriate) home.