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From: bernda
Date: 05-14-2007, 04:14 PM (1 of 15)
Hi all! I am a relative serger newbie. Dh got me one for Christmas, and I made Easter dresses for my girls on them. Now I'm trying to make pants for my 5yo, but I think I've got something set up wrong. I haven't been able to figure it out on my own, so here I am!  Anyway, here's the problem:  This is the right side (ignore the stitching at the top)  This is the wrong side.  This is the chain coming out of the machine. It seems like the left needle thread isn't getting picked up into the chain. The last thing I did before this was a rolled edge hem. Did I maybe get the stitch finger back in wrong or not adjust one of the settings back right? I've tried rethreading everything twice. I just don't know what else to do. Any ideas? Thanks! Brenda |
User: bernda
Member since: 05-14-2007 Total posts: 3 |
From: mommydionne
Date: 05-14-2007, 05:39 PM (2 of 15)
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hmmmmm I'm not the best serger trouble shooter here (that would be Klynne2) but from the pix you sent it looks like a Viking Husk 900 series, I have a 910. When you switched from the rolled hem back to regular serging did you push the switch at the front from R (rolled) to N (normal), second... did you rotate the little dial right by that switch back to N from 6 or 5 or what ever number you need for a rolled hem? if that didn't work.... try a new needle, you may have a burr or something on it and it might also be bent, also I find this serger is picky as old *&%* about being threaded in the correct order, did your thread come out of the 1st tension slot on top before it goes through the dial (amazing how much mess that will make) good luck! Jeanette
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User: mommydionne
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From: bernda
Date: 05-14-2007, 06:03 PM (3 of 15)
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Actually it's Brother 1034D. I set all the stitch length, width and tension knobs to the "average" settings from the manual. This is so much more complicated than a regular machine!! I haven't tried the needle yet, though. I give that a shot. Thanks for the ideas.
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User: bernda
Member since: 05-14-2007 Total posts: 3 |
From: temom
Date: 05-14-2007, 06:48 PM (4 of 15)
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I have that machine, and I'm a newbie, but I'll take a few guesses. First put all your tensions on 4. Does it make a difference? Take your stitch finger off, then put it back on. Does it work yet? Look at your needles. The top of the left needle (not the pointy end) should be higher than the right. Fixed yet? Change both needles, and rethread the whole stinkin' thing. in this order: Green Blue Pink Yellow. Make sure your thread goes through the hole in the thread rack before it goes under the silver guide, then open the tension doohickey, and put it through there. Was I any help at all, or do you want to throw the whole thing out the window? I was pulling my hair out the other day, only to find the next day I had my presser foot up instead of down! Theresa
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User: temom
Member since: 01-19-2007 Total posts: 410 
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From: grandma C
Date: 05-15-2007, 12:03 PM (5 of 15)
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Another thin you might check is that the thread is in all the way in the tension disc. If the presser foot is dpwn when putthing the thread in the tension discs it will not go all the way in. Lift the presseer foot and give the thread a tug on either side of the disc and make sure it is in all the way. Hope this helps. I am a novice at serging and sewing and Have alot of mistakes to gather experience from. Belinda |
User: grandma C
Member since: 01-15-2007 Total posts: 263 |
From: bernda
Date: 05-15-2007, 12:35 PM (6 of 15)
All better. It was the needle. It was way too low. Duh. I feel really dumb that we spent so much time on something that turned out to be so simple.  I guess I got to know the machine better. Thanks for your help, guys.Brenda |
User: bernda
Member since: 05-14-2007 Total posts: 3 |
From: temom
Date: 05-15-2007, 12:40 PM (7 of 15)
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Brenda, I think it is better to ask rather than spending hours trying to figure it out, or chunking the whole machine in the garbage can. Besides, I've found that even the most experienced people here make goofy mistakes. That makes me feel much better, and I even learn from them.
Theresa
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User: temom
Member since: 01-19-2007 Total posts: 410
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From: DorothyL
Date: 05-15-2007, 01:30 PM (8 of 15)
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I've found that even the most experienced people here make goofy mistakes. Ahemmm......................??? Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: temom
Date: 05-15-2007, 01:55 PM (9 of 15)
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Lol, Dorothy, I wasn't thinking of a particular person. I could probably have phrased that differently, but now I'm laughing too hard to think 
Theresa
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User: temom
Member since: 01-19-2007 Total posts: 410
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From: mommydionne
Date: 05-15-2007, 03:25 PM (10 of 15)
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hahahahaha!!! sewing is all goofy mistakes, didn't ya know?? Some of us are just better than others at hiding them!
Jeanette
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User: mommydionne
Member since: 01-08-2004 Total posts: 838
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From: DorothyL
Date: 05-15-2007, 04:19 PM (11 of 15)
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I think I'm better than others at making them. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 05-15-2007, 06:10 PM (12 of 15)
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Well, you certainly do NOT have the market cornered on duhhhh mistakes.. I do my fair share and more, let me tell you.. Here is the current "for instance".. I made a knit tee from that pattern everyone was talking about 5 or 6 weeks ago.. The pretty blue print with the wrap front.. (look of wrap, anyway).. Simp _076.. I cannot remember the first number.. Anyway, I was so tickled with my weight loss that I over (or under) estimated on what size to cut the shirt and now that it is finished, I cannot wear it.. I made it too small.. And it is so cute.. I made it out of a red cotton/poly knit., very lightweight, that a friend gave me.. She worked for a textile outfit that printed designer prints in small batches for shows.. I did not make the wrap style, I made the tee with the hole and the twist between the boobs. View D, I think.. I will cut the wrap style larger , you better believe.. I have a pretty butterfly print for that one.. Oh well, I have a friend who will like the red one.. My mistake, my loss..
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
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From: DorothyL
Date: 05-16-2007, 08:28 AM (13 of 15)
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It was nice of you, Libby, to make a shirt for your friend. How thoughtful you are. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: MartySews2
Date: 05-17-2007, 06:39 PM (14 of 15)
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If we were all sewing perfectly , there would not be a need for a sewing forum and I wouldn't have all of these wonderful sewing sisters. Keep up the good work. Marty |
User: MartySews2
Member since: 05-03-2007 Total posts: 293 
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From: plrlegal
Date: 05-17-2007, 09:15 PM (15 of 15)
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I have "sewing moments" when my brain seems to have left and gone somewhere else without me. For instance, I was standing at my cutting table cutting out a paper pattern to get it ready to lay out with the fabric and stood right there and looked at the piece I wanted to cut out and cut all the way through the top half of it. Duhhhh!!! Good thing I keep lots of scotch tape around. One of the goofy things I do is sew all the side seams all the way up when I need to put a zipper in one (either back or side) Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
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