What? What wheels? Do sewing machines have wheels?
I know you’re asking!
If you’ve ever sewn with me or taken a class from me, or followed my blog for awhile, you KNOW that I will often tell you to clean the lint from your bobbin case! If there’s a problem, it’s one of the first things you should do. Get rid of the lint!
But wheels?
Yup, wheels!
Years ago, I bought a rolling chair from a quilt store that was closing … the other day, my husband was sitting in the chair and realized that the wheels were not moving smoothly! I think I never noticed it because I’m too busy sewing or quilting.
He took the chair out to the garage and called me in to take a look at the wheels. Look at all the thread!
Well, I helped to pull some of the threads out … using a seam ripper and tweezers. Hubby ended up taking some of the wheels apart to get thread that was in the shaft (?) … I think that’s what he called it. He said if I talk about it on my blog to tell you that if it’s really bad – it might be worth just buying new wheels.
Here’s a picture of all the thread … and some wool that came out of the wheels. I know I’ve never had wool scraps in my sewing room, so some of it must have gotten twisted around before I even bought the chair.
My wheels are now clean and oiled and my chair rolls very easily!
So, my Friday Finish (with the help of my husband!) is clean wheels!
One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!
Happy Quilting!
Gail :
Linking to:
- Midweek Makers @ QuiltFabrication
- Wednesday Wait Loss @ Inquiring Quilter
- Happy Needle and Thread @ My Quilt Infatuation
- Muv / Free Motion Mavericks @ Lizzie Lenard Vintage Sewing
- Put your Foot Down @ For the Love of Geese @ True Blue Quilts
- Can I get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
- Finished or Not Friday @ Alycia Quilts
- Sherry @ Powered by Quilting
- Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty
- Off the Wall Friday @ Creations – Quilts, Art, Whatever
- Peacock Party @ Wendy’s Quilts and More
- TGIFF @ Chrisknits
Quilting Gail 
LOL, my mind when to my long arm wheels, I never even thought about my chair! I am going to look now. Thanks for sharing the tip with TGIFF from last Friday, so I am so late in responding!
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Hi Chris!
I hope your chair wheels are OK!! As well as your long arm wheels!
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All those threads look like what I cut out of the vacuum bar!
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Yes, vacuums can certainly collect threads as well!
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Guess what I just did? I checked my wheels! Thanks for the tip and thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Glad you checked! Hopefully, there wasn’t a ton of thread!
Thanks for hosting Wednesday Wait Loss! 🙂
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Hmmm, not something I would have thought to check. My sewing room is due for a big clean up. I’ll add a wheel check to my list.
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It’s definitely not something I would have checked! I thank my hubby for it! 🙂
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Thanks for this Public Service Announcement, Gail. Who ever thinks to check such things?!
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Not me!!! It was my husband that checks stuff like that! 🙂
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Amusing.
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LOL!!!
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Oh my! That is quite the collection! I have an IKEA chair that drives me nuts….it acts like it is all bound up, but their safety precaution makes the chair only roll if you are sitting on it…how annoying. You two made a good team getting those wheels back in order!
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My Hubby did way more work than I did. I just removed most of the thread! 🙂
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I need to check mine more closely; I had wondered and checked, but didn’t see any thread. Maybe it’s just in there so well I didn’t see it.
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Well, if your chair rolls easily, then you likely don’t have a lot of thread in there!
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Well! You can bet I’m going to check my chair . . . and very soon. Holy moly! That’s a lot of thread. I’ll bet you inherited a bit of that from the quilt shop. Yowza. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
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My other rolling chair is fine … so it’s likely mostly from the quilt shop! 🙂
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