I've finished the dress I plan to wear for the Witches' Ball. It looks like crap. My machine was playing up, and wouldn't sew a straight line to save its' life. After we moved in here, almost two months ago, I discovered that the base ond bobbin case for my machine were gone. No explanation, just gone. In the drawer in the base were all my presser feet. So off I went to the local sewing machine repair shop. I got a new (used) bobbin case, but the presser foot was totally unlike the ones I'd had. Instead of just snapping into the bar, this one screwed onto it. It turns out that it isn't as tall as I needed, so it doesn't hold the fabric against the feed dogs. I can't figure out how to raise them, so that's of no help. That means the fabric skitters all over the place.

The Sears website (my machine is a Kenmore) has the correct presser feet. When I have the money, I'm ordering them. I paid too much for my machine to let it become unusable.