SuziC

I have not heard of this before. Is it the type of thread? I have regular lint at times like after a project but have not seen the dust you are refering to. What could be causing it?

CoyoteQuilts

Yep, I have some YLI that is giving my babies more fits than the Coats & Clark I have.......

mkc

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Gay

I have trouble with cotton thread causing lint in my sewing machine and also my mid arm quilter. Perhaps it's the speed of modern machines that helps to cause it, much more friction. If you don't have poly thread, try giving the reel of thread a good spray with silicone. I use it a lot and it doesn't affect the fabric.

Onebyone

Do what Sharon Schamber does. Coat your spool or cone of thread in mineral oil and let it set on paper towels to absorb into the thread. . It makes a big difference in stitch quality and keeps the lint down. It does not leave any oily residue on fabric or machine.

tranum

Agree. I’ve heard of new brand name glass baking dishes breaking in the oven because the products used to manufacture them are inferior. Now imagine, if you will, cleaning up that mess.

juliasb

I usually see this more with cotton threads. I clean the machine much more with cotton threads than poly threads. Also check your needle it it is more than you are use to be sure there is no bur on the needle.

cashs_mom

I bought some reproduction glass lids for my old corning ware. After I got them I found out they were made in China. Not only do they not fit as well, but there were a lot of reports of them breaking! I never use them in the oven. I still have a couple old ones that I made sure I use in the oven. The repops are just for putting stuff in the frig. I'm looking now for some corning ware at estate sales. They want a lot of money for the lids on eBay and I've seen whole corning ware dishes at estate sales for $5.

platyhiker

I always feel so sad when I see a company go from making (and selling) a high quality product to making a significantly lower quality product. Pyrex glass baking ware used to made with borosilicate; it's now made with soda-lime, which makes it more prone to breaking from the stress of thermal shocks, but is cheaper to manufacture. Interestingly, the borosilicate version is available in Europe. I'm surprised that they don't at least offer the *option* of buying the borosilicate version in the USA - they could market it as the "Gourmet" line and sell it at a higher price and offer the cheaper soda-lime version for people who want to spend less. I got some of my Pyrex dishes from my grandmother when she moved to assisted living, and when my parents are no longer cooking, I plan to get and save their Pyrex dishes for my daughter to have some day.

Singer is another sad story - their machines were beautifully engineered and manufactured for so long, and now their machines are cheap junk. So sad.

mkc

Looks like pyrex brand in the US was bought by one entity and Pyrex the original is owned by a European company. They could sell borosilicate class in the US but can't call it Pyrex.