I took my sewing machine to the fix-it shop today. There have been a few little things that needed some attention since my Christmas sewing rush, but with some problem solving there are ways around a gimpy machine. Then the hand wheel stopped moving the needle up and down; quite inconvenient but again I found a way around it. I was sewing a backpack for “Mr T.’s” 2nd birthday when I got the needle jammed in several layers of blue jean and I couldn’t use the hand wheel to raise the needle. I had to take my machine apart to turn the belt by hand. Needless to say I had to part with my machine. When I dropped off my machine the repair man asked me if I could live without my machine for 2 weeks…TWO WEEKS!!!! I guess I have to I said. If only there weren’t so many things that I wanted to sew.