Don't use candles in your sewing room! Seriously, I love candles and lots of other folks do, too. They're calming and restful. Just the atmosphere I want in my sewing room. But according to my Service Tech, candles are similar to smoking as far as the machine is concerned. He said he can always tell when someone has candles in a sewing room. The inside of the machine gets black from soot, and it's in his shop a lot more often, too!
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