She still works part-time and sews alot....she sews for a local pet supply store , usually cat nip toys....her latest product for them was red lobsters...the color sticks with Mr. Fix-it because when he finally convinced Gram she could trust him with her BERNINA, thats all he found loaded inside all the panels her removed to try and figure out why the needle was striking the base plate. There was so much residual red felt that it was forcing the needle forward striking the base plate...
Gram brought this same machine to the local Bernina dealer last year they charged her $162.00. It still did not work as she had hoped. It took the prospect of another large cleaning bill to convince her to let Mr. Fix-it look at it.....
Mr. Fix-it took all the access panels off the machine. He used air gently to blow all the fabric dust from all the dark corners he lubed what needed lubricating and put it all back together, noting that 2 bulbs were burned out. They are a special bulb, acquired from the dealer only...of course. We called the dealer , they are about 20 miles away. We went there, they could not locate them, and all their tech's were at sewing machine repair school in Kentucky (is there such a thing?)
It took us another trip several weeks later to secure these bulbs. We got her 2 extras also. Guess what they cost each? $4.....OMG...
We are going over to Grammas later today to install them for her...Mr. Fix-it called her to let her know we would be over.....she said "It's about time!..." and "am I going to owe you for the repair bill?"
