Skill Builder: Know Your Machine
Experience Needed: None
Format: 3 parts via ZOOM
Lecture/Demo/Skills Lab

Whether you are sewing on a new highly evolved machine, thinking about purchasing a new machine or using a machine with some history, you are sure to learn important information about how a sewing machine works! Arm yourself with information and make working with your sewing machine a partnership instead of a frustrating hassle.

Class #1 Lecture time approx. 1 hour
In class, we look inside a machine to learn how things really work. Why are these parts sew important?
Some of the items we will look at are:
* Hand wheel
* Take-up lever
* Tension Disks
* Feed dogs
* Presser foot lifter
* Presser foot pressure
* Review of the new features on newer machines

Class #2 Lecture time approx. 1 hour
Let's get it right
* Threading Pathways
* Thread spool placement
* Winding your bobbin
* Threads
* Needles

Class #3 Lecture time approx. 1 hour
Keeping your machine running
* Sewing Do's and Don'ts
* Machine Maintenance
* Changing your needle
* Troubleshooting common problems

Supplies Needed: 
* A sewing machine if you have one. If you are looking to purchase a sewing machine, this class will give you the confidence to choose a fantastic one! 
* Screw driver
* Lint brush
* Needles: Schmetz Sharps 80/12