Make it Inverclyde

Make it Inverclyde Learn to sew, crochet and take amazing photographs in our delightful studio overlooking the Clyde in the picturesque west end of greenock.

12/05/2026

Modern sewing machines are too clever for their own good! It took me ages to get this machine working because the micro switch that senses the presser foot position had a loose connection. And look at all those stepper motors! I know they’re just asking for trouble! Only trouble is I can’t replicate the thread breaking problem that my customer had. I did give it a good clean and bizarrely that can help. Fluff clogging up the mechanism stops the machine running smoothly and jerks can break the thread. There’s a few burrs on the throat plate that I’ll polish out but they’re not really a problem.

04/05/2026

Have no known function. I think this has been my favourite sentence in human biology!

02/05/2026

Are you wondering why I have a hairdryer in my sewing machine mending picture? Well this old Newhome home machine had really stiff selector gears. You’d need hulk strength to turn the k**b! And that’s because the old grease gets all gummed up over time and goes a bit hard. Gently heating with a hairdryer helps it loosen then a new application of silicon grease on the plastic gears will hopefully keep it finger friendly until the next service.

11/04/2026

I needed some black thread today. This was all I could find in a hurry. I think I inherited it with one of the second hand machines. It’s is awful. It breaks and tangles and it feels weird too. It might be its age, or its constitution but I’m afraid it’s going in the bin. A job that should’ve taken a few minutes took at least 5 times longer because of bad thread. I should know better but I’m making the mistakes so you don’t need to.

10/04/2026

Now that my studies are finished for this year I can get started on all the wee neglected jobs. Can you guess what I’m making?

I’m always amazed at where thread gets to. Opened the wee pink machine up for a service this morning to find this birds ...
10/03/2026

I’m always amazed at where thread gets to. Opened the wee pink machine up for a service this morning to find this birds nest lurking inside.

06/12/2025

Earlier in the year I learned python coding. In my normal everyday life I have no use for it. The pi hut have a couple of these advent calendars with all the wee bits, breadboards, wires, pico etc to have 12 days of getting things to flash and blink. Chocolate free advent pi

Two identical machines but I think with different problems. I’ll find out in the next few days what is wrong. I was told...
03/11/2025

Two identical machines but I think with different problems. I’ll find out in the next few days what is wrong. I was told a needle broke in one so I suspect that may have caused a few issues

24/09/2025

Part two of the innovis tour where I get too excited about the tension mechanism!

24/09/2025

Part one of a wee tour of this brother innovis 35. I swear this is the quietest machine I’ve ever come across. Teeny tiny DC high torque motor to drive everything and digital stitch selection so no clunky cam stacks to deal with, although I do have to be careful of the computer wires.

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187 Finnart Street
Greenock
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Tuesday 10am - 4pm
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