Hooray! Today, April 1st, 2021 at 5:06 PM I, Mark, got my first AstraZeneca shot! Shoppers Drug Mart was very well organized. Well spaced one after the other sort of progress. You arrive 15 minutes early which is just enough time to complete the single page form asking for basic information including your […]
Any zigzag machine can make a buttonhole. A buttonhole is simply four satin stitches grouped together to form a rectangle. These stitches protect the fabric from fraying. If your machine does not have a built-in buttonhole stitch then practice your satin stitching on some scrap. Try a variety of stitch widths and lengths. You will […]
One of our long time customers reported a competitor lying to a group of quilters. This competitor told the group “most service companies don’t even take the covers off ” and apparently named us specifically. I called him immediately… he vehemently denied it. This was good enough for me… I knew he was lying. Our […]
Great job on the refinish! To surprise his wife this gentleman (a marine engineer) took this machine apart and refinished it like a pro. We popped by to help out with the timing and a few loose ends. It was quite astonishing to see what a great job he did. It’s was no small […]
We provide on-site technicians for industrial (commercial) machine servicing. These visits take us to businesses, warehouses, factories, even barns and cruise ships. Last week I (Mark) found myself inside British Columbia’s number one prosthetics manufacturer. The men and women behind the scenes in this firm are amazing. Smart, alert, and kind are a few words […]
Don’t be afraid to bring in a dirty machine. We’ve seen it all. We give the covers a good clean up once they are removed from the machine. What we see on the outside is a good indication of what we’ll find inside. It indicates a long period since the last service.
May 3, 2018 We are officially servicing Vancouver Island. We welcome all our current and future friends to call for the store nearest you or to arrange no charge pickup and delivery. We invite new stores to contact Lorena to set up Colton Service in your shop. For our sewing customers we invite you to […]