The Sewing Machine Sabotage: A Cozy Mystery of Threaded Threats and a Bobbin of Bluffs

🧵 Vintage sewing machine repair shop owner and mechanic Stella Stitch is preparing for the annual Quilt Show when the show's wealthy patron-a notorious fast-fashion mogul-is found dead in her workshop, electrocuted by a sabotaged antique sewing machine from her own collection. The police suspect a tragic accident, but Stella notices the machine has been deliberately rewired and the victim's final garment contains hidden messages in the stitching patterns. With her repair business under investigation and the sewing community divided, Stella must thread together an investigation as complex as a sewing machine's inner workings. Assisted by her sewing guild and the handsome electrical engineer who admires her vintage machine collection, Stella uncovers a scheme involving machine theft, industrial espionage, and a plot to destroy small sewing businesses. From suspicious bobbin tension that reveals tampering to stitch patterns that don't match the machine's capabilities, every mechanical detail tells a story. But when Stella discovers the victim was systematically putting local tailors out of business to acquire their vintage machine collections, she realizes the killer is protecting a community more tightly woven than any fabric. With the quilt show approaching and the real saboteur still operating, Stella must piece together the truth before her own machine gets permanently unplugged.