Once upon a time ago, not too long ago, I was a beginner sewer. The year was around 2007, and I recently purchased my very own sewing machine. This machine was so special that I gave her the name "Big Sister". It was because of Big Sister that I am where I am today. Big Sister was a Singer Quantum XL 6000, and her super power was...she threaded herself. That's right!!! She threaded herself! All I had to do was simply pull about 8" of thread from the spool and guide it to the left to a thread cutter. (I remember spending a whole day trying to decipher instructions printed in a [...]