A bit of sewing and broken machine!

Ok why is it that things always go wrong when you really don't want them to or don't have the time for them to do!.   There is never a good time for your sewing machine to break but 4 days before a craft fair really couldn't be much worse!!. I had geared myself up to spend from tea time onwards sewing last night..... I'm half way through a handbag when my machine jams and will not work Arggh.  I then had to spend the next hour and a half trying to work out the problem by dissecting the machine.  At first i was thinking ok i'm a civil engineer i'm supposed to be technically minded surely i can figure this out  - erm no!!.  Anyway I eventually worked out that the spool holder wasn't turning because a piece had dropped at the back which meant it was catching. I then decided to try a quick fix of stuffing fabric (with a pair of tweezers) under the piece of metal so that it can't drop and the spool holder can turn.  To my surprise it actually worked and i managed to keep sewing and finish the bag plus another one and some bunting.  Now i need to get it looked at (can't wait to explain how i have temporarily fixed it!).  

Anyway here is one of the bags i managed to finish