Singer 500a, make me some money

I now have two children under the age of two! This makes life very crazy and tiring. I have also started taking classes again. This leaves me with no time or energy for working. So money is getting low. I have a few websites but usually, I make about 10 cents a day, which is sucky pay. Last weekend, I decided to make up some bumper stickers to sell on the websites. I made this Sew what? bumper sticker to go along with my www.singer500a.info site. I think its a really nice looking design, hopefully you do too. You can click on the link to the right to order one for yourself or for all of your sewing friends. It would completely make my day to see someone driving down the street with one of my bumper stickers.

Lesson Three: Get to know the Singer 500a Rocketeer

A few years ago a woman gave me her Singer 500a "Rocketeer" sewing machine that folds into a table. It didn't come with a manual and my only experience with sewing machines was in 6th grade home economics. I put the sewing machine in my basement thinking, "I'll learn to sew as soon as my vacation starts". Time passed and I forgot about the Rocketeer. I got pregnant, then had the baby. Schwa built a new room in the basement and my stuff got moved around. Once I recovered from the c-section, I decided to build up my art studio and I rediscovered the Singer. It reminded me of the clothes my friend David Gerbstadt hand makes and I felt inspired to try making something on my own. I tried threading the machine but couldn't figure out where or in what direction to put the thread. I did figure out how to thread the bobbin up top by running the thread from the spool onto the metal bobbin case. I called up a friend who made a quilt for me, she asked what kind of machine it was and came over with some directions for it. I thought that was pretty amazing because I spent almost an hour searching for directions online. She showed me how to thread it and showed me how to use the different settings. I made a pillow for my pillow room. It actually was very easy to use. The only thing we couldn't figure out was how to reverse it. I could only reverse use the hand wheel but there must be another way that I'm missing. I'll post pictures of pillows or clothes that I make as i make them.