Can someone please tell me why this is happening?
12-03-2011, 06:12 AM
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Thanks so much everyone! I knew this would be the place to go to for help! My quilting board world is so full of great people I knew I would get the help I needed! I had cleaned and oiled the bobbin case but went back again after all the suggestions and did the deep cleaning I would normally do after finishing a project and before starting another. Also, I have a feeling I may have left the presser foot up when rethreading, that hoping foot does look the same up or down polyparrot. Anyway, after trying the suggestions you wonderful quilters suggested I think I have it working now. I was left with one tiny tiny loop in my sample line of stitches, but I'm sure that will be worked out on its own! Thanks again to all you wonderful quilters! Love this board and love love love all of you!! So grateful to have stumbled across this board!
12-03-2011, 06:17 AM
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Are you using a domestic sewing machine or a Long Arm?
When that happens to me, it means I have put my bobbin thread in the wrong direction. But I only have a domestic sewing machine. My Janome (a 6600P) was very bad about it, but my 60 year old Singer 15-91 was not as bad - but it was enough to make me say mean things to my machine.
When that happens to me, it means I have put my bobbin thread in the wrong direction. But I only have a domestic sewing machine. My Janome (a 6600P) was very bad about it, but my 60 year old Singer 15-91 was not as bad - but it was enough to make me say mean things to my machine.
The older machines were certainly much more simple to work with. All the bells and whistle you can get in a machine these days just mean more problems to work out! But, when they work they are fun to use. Thanks so much for helping!
12-03-2011, 06:28 AM
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First of all, get a nice drink--coke, coffee, tall glass of tea. Then add some chocolate. Find your most comfy chair and enjoy your drink and chocolate. After you're completely relaxed, go back to the machine. Now, remove all the thread, the needle and the plate. Once that's done, clean and oil (if you have a machine that you're supposed to oil). Replace the needle with a new one, rethread the top thread and the bobbin. Now try again.
The only other thing is that you may have a bobbin that's too loosely wound. You might try rewinding it with a little more tension on the thread. If it doesn't work this time, go shopping and try again tomorrow.
The only other thing is that you may have a bobbin that's too loosely wound. You might try rewinding it with a little more tension on the thread. If it doesn't work this time, go shopping and try again tomorrow.
12-03-2011, 08:27 AM
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If it started out good something happened to make the change. Rethread, clean out bobbin case, rethread bobbin, maybe even try a new bobbin as this one may not be wound evenly and even a new needle. One of those usually works for me.
12-03-2011, 08:58 AM
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I bet cleaning and re threading will do the trick. Each time it's happen to me, this was the answer. Or could it be the stretch in your fabric? If all else fails do the faux tying method on utube. I forgot what it's called, maybe someone know's?
12-03-2011, 11:44 AM
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This happened to me too!! I didn't get birds nests, but my straight stitching was all crooked!! Take your bobbin out and double check!! Ann
12-04-2011, 04:26 AM
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Birds nests on the back almost always means that there isn't enough tension on the needle thread.
First thing to check - are you lowering the presser foot? (I don't even want to guess how many times I've forgotten to do this - that hopping foot looks like it's lowered sometimes even when it isn't. If the presser foot isn't down, the upper tensioner is not engaged.)
Second thing to check - when you re-thread the machine (by the manual) make sure that the presser foot is UP. If it's down, the tension disks are pressed together, keeping the thread from seating between them correctly. This will often resolve itself, but sometimes, it won't.
First thing to check - are you lowering the presser foot? (I don't even want to guess how many times I've forgotten to do this - that hopping foot looks like it's lowered sometimes even when it isn't. If the presser foot isn't down, the upper tensioner is not engaged.)
Second thing to check - when you re-thread the machine (by the manual) make sure that the presser foot is UP. If it's down, the tension disks are pressed together, keeping the thread from seating between them correctly. This will often resolve itself, but sometimes, it won't.
Last edited by GailG; 12-04-2011 at 04:29 AM.
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