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From: st13031
Date: 08-09-2007, 10:23 PM (1 of 7)
Hi there helpful people -  I am having a machine issue, I wondered if you have ever had this happen - Sometimes my sewing machine stitches are really loose - I have had it happen with all 3 of my machines , so I it must be something that I am doing wrong, (so I guess it is really an operator issue) but I can't figure out what? ?? Any ideas? Thank you!! |
User: st13031
Member since: 02-27-2007 Total posts: 35 |
From: bridesmom
Date: 08-10-2007, 01:49 AM (2 of 7)
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Sounds like a tension issue, are you sure your machine is threaded right?? Are the stitches loose on the top or the bottom or both? Is the bobbin in backwards???
Laura
Tickled pink with my Innovis 4000D |
User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: skiNsew
Date: 08-10-2007, 07:38 AM (3 of 7)
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I agree that it is a threading issue. Get out your manual and make sure you are threading it exactly the way the instructions tell you. Also make sure that the presser foot is up (to release the tension disks) while you are doing the threading. My daughter has this problem periodically. She just gets distracted when she is in a hurry and does not do it right. Sometimes she calls her old Mom to come over and fix it for her. HTH, Mary |
User: skiNsew
Member since: 06-09-2005 Total posts: 33 |
From: st13031
Date: 08-10-2007, 11:56 PM (4 of 7)
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I agree that it is a threading issue. Get out your manual and make sure you are threading it exactly the way the instructions tell you. Also make sure that the presser foot is up (to release the tension disks) while you are doing the threading. My daughter has this problem periodically. She just gets distracted when she is in a hurry and does not do it right. Sometimes she calls her old Mom to come over and fix it for her. HTH, Mary How nice of you! I wish I had someone to call to come help me!  I have the problem periodically as well. I am pretty sure it is an operator error but never catch what I am doing wrong... The threads are loose on both sides - on one side it is like there are loops sticking up and the thread running through them. I will recheck my threading and how I have my bobbin.. While I am at it, I have another frequent problem too... sometimes when I start sewing, all the thread on the under side of the fabric gets all bunched up in a hurry, and there is this big wad of thread going from the bottom of my fabric, down into where the bobbin is.... Any ideas on this one? |
User: st13031
Member since: 02-27-2007 Total posts: 35 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 08-11-2007, 07:47 AM (5 of 7)
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It really sounds like you are not careful about having the presser foot up when you thread the machine. Dorothy(me) |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: skiNsew
Date: 08-11-2007, 07:59 AM (6 of 7)
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About the thread bunching up under the fabric----Try this: Before you start to stitch hold both the bottom thread and the needle thread in your hand behind the presser foot. Just keep them taunt and start to stitch. This allows the machine to start to feed properly. Don't give up, Mary |
User: skiNsew
Member since: 06-09-2005 Total posts: 33 |
From: paroper
Date: 08-11-2007, 09:46 AM (7 of 7)
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Another way that we were taught to do this is not to start on the very edge of the fabric but a stitch or two's length on the fabric, put the needle in the fabric by hand make SURE the thread is pulled to the back left of the needle (top and bottom threads). I've never held the thread myself, often that is done to make sure that the thread doesn't unthread as it is pulled up..I was taught to always position my thread take up lever/needle just slightly past the highest point before I thread my machine...otherwise, if the thread isn't long enough it will unthread. Always make sure that you thread your machine with the needle up, always make sure your bobbin is in the correct direction and that the bobbin thread is UNDER the flat metal spring/hook on the bobbin case..in drop in machines, make sure the thread is in the proper place in the case before you close the door. Also, make sure there isn't even a hint of the bobbin "end" sticking through the side of the case or in the bobbin area at all. Sometimes the thread doesn't break away. If there is a slight tail, it can get caught when the machine tries to make a stitch and it will jam the machine...depending on how long it is, it can also cause nests. Also, be sure that the bobbin is correctly threaded, tight and even. If you thread your bobbin on the top or side of the machine, the thread will have a guide. You should enter that guide so that the thread twists over itself (like an open figure 8.) It should not just wrap around the guide and then go straight to the bobbin. 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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