Flashes of Panic

That’s what I need: a rental sewing machine.

I’ve discovered that sometimes I want to sew something. Sweatshirts, for example, tend to have cuffs smaller than I like them; I want to cut the cuffs off and then hem the ends of the sleeves. I’m OK with a needle and thread; I can do a pretty regular running stitch and a few others, and I can replace a button (assuming I put it on the right side of the shirt; I once accidently re-attached a button on the inside of a shirt.) I’m better with a sewing machine, but my need is so seldom it’s far from worth it to me to own one; I’d use it maybe once a year, maybe less. (Not unlike an iron, but more expensive.)

So can I rent one, like I could with power tools? In the first apartment Iz lived in, the “baseboards” were strips of carpet stapled to the walls, and he liked to lie on his side and pull himself along the wall using the carpet strips. Naturally, they pulled away from the walls, so before we moved out, I went to the local rental place and spent ten bucks to rent a power stapler and buy a stick of staples. I tacked that carpet back on the wall more securely than it had been fixed when we moved in, I think. (And I think the first thing the landlord did when we moved out was rip out everything to renovate the unit and sell it as a condo.)

Is it possible to rent a sewing machine that way?

Will they thread the bobbin for me?

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