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From: jaeidiaz
Date: 08-17-2005, 03:31 PM (1 of 9)
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I just got the mini ultra for my birthday and I am having some problems. I am new to sewing, and have finally figured out a way to sew forward (I know it sounds dumb). Now that I have that part down, I am having problems with finishing. The instructions say to sew in reverse for a little bit, lift up the footer and remove the fabric. I tried those steps, but when I try to remove the fabric, the tread is stuck from the bottom (leading into the machine from the bottom) and the top (leading from the needle through the fabric). Can someone help me? Any info is appreciated. |
User: jaeidiaz
Member since: 08-17-2005 Total posts: 2 |
From: Marty Sews
Date: 08-17-2005, 04:10 PM (2 of 9)
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Hello, Sounds to me like that you need to figure out where the needle needs to be in order to pull your garment or whatever out. On my machine I have to hand crank it up all the way and just to where it starts to come back down is the best place for me to be able to release the garment and to be able to pull it out from there with both threads without binding up the machine. What I would do is play with machine on a scrap piece and hand crank it a few times on the wheel while at the sametime giving a slight steady tug on scrap piece to see where the bobbin thread will release and let you pull it out and once you find that spot use it from then on and you shouldn't have a problem after that. Hope that this helps. Martin |
User: Marty Sews
Member since: 07-19-2005 Total posts: 6 |
From: jaeidiaz
Date: 08-17-2005, 04:27 PM (3 of 9)
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Thanks - What I find happening is that the needle will be at its highest position, but somehow the tread from both the top and the bottom (bobbin area) still holds the fabric. I've tried your suggestion - using the hand wheel and moving it up and down, hoping it will release the garment, but its not so much the needle as it is the tread. Somehow, when sewing, the thread that comes from the bobbin and the tread that comes from the needle gets all tied up. Its hard to explain... |
User: jaeidiaz
Member since: 08-17-2005 Total posts: 2 |
From: Marty Sews
Date: 08-17-2005, 09:48 PM (4 of 9)
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Hmmmm, well, kinda sounds like to me that you might have some thread in the bobbin area that is binding up the bobbin thread since your not able to find that sweet spot to where it will let you pull out the piece with the bobbin thread on the bottom and the needle thread on the top. Give this a try, once you take the piece out and snip both the treads, pull on the thread from the needle and see how easy it is to pull and do likewise on the bobbin thread also, if the needle thread is really hard to pull the tension might be set to tight. If the bobbin thread is really hard to pull even after cranking the handwheel while doing it and its still hard it sounds to me like you might have a loose tread in there binding it up and you will have to take both the bobbin and needle plate off and check inside and see. If thats not the problem, then I think I would take it to a shop as it sounds to me like something else major is going on with it then. Is this a new machine, used, hand me down? Have you ever used it before? I know you said that you are new at sewing, I just don't know the history of the machine, and just thought of this also, is this a normal sewing machine or a serger?? As if its a serger, you are to run past the piece and make a thread chain for about an inch or so and then snip it off, otherwise you can do some major damage to the machine, a serger is that funny looking machine with all sorts of thread on top and has no neck area or very little if any at all. Martin |
User: Marty Sews
Member since: 07-19-2005 Total posts: 6 |
From: Sewhappie
Date: 08-17-2005, 09:56 PM (5 of 9)
| Make sure that you are threading the machine as per the directions in the Manual and that you have the bobbin threaded the right way. It sounds to me like the bobbin thread is not in a tension guise or the bobbin is in the wrong way. Is is a drop in bobbin or a bobbin case? You could be missing a tension guide on your needle threading also. |
User: Sewhappie
Member since: 10-27-2001 Total posts: 1427 |
From: Saydee
Date: 08-17-2005, 10:23 PM (6 of 9)
| Try holding the material with your left hand firmly and with the right hand on the wheel of the machine, gently turn the wheel, while at the same time gently pull the material. Sometimes you just need to free it from the machine. |
User: Saydee
Member since: 05-07-2004 Total posts: 68 
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From: Sancin
Date: 08-18-2005, 02:57 AM (7 of 9)
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I would have suggested all of the suggestions here and ask - Are you using thread on a short squat spool or a long thin spool? The short squat spool (such as Coats) should be in a vertical position to be thread through the upper thread guide. A long thin spool, such as Gutterman should be in a horizontal position. Most newer machines are set up for the horizontal position but have pins you can add to make the thread vertical. Try this - was a discussion some time ago but I forget the thread title . Try search topics for "thread nests". Saydee's suggestion usually works for me in any thread mess, you can actually feel the thread free up.
*~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 08-18-2005, 08:01 AM (8 of 9)
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I wondered if maybe you are threading it with the foot down? That can be a tension problem that looks like it is in the bobbin. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: paroper
Date: 08-18-2005, 11:49 PM (9 of 9)
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On most of my machines I take the thread just a "little over the top" before I take the thread out the sewing. When you finish your thread should still be in the fabric but raising the take up lever with the hand wheel should take the needle out of the fabric. When you raise the presser foot it should release the tension and that SHOULD allow you to pull the thread out. If it doesn't loosen your top tension is too tight. Taking your take up lever beyond its highest point will help keep your thread from pulling out when you start your next line of stitching.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
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