Pfaff tie off stitch?
10-19-2010, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Sadiemae
One of my machines will remember the tie off each time, the other machine I have to push the button each time.
10-19-2010, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by max's grandma
You have to press the reverse button and then it wil tie off and then when you start again it will tie. Either that or you have a button to start the same stitch over again press that. Hope this is plain as mud, maybe it will help.
The manual doesn't mention that.
10-19-2010, 03:02 PM
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The machine probably assumes that there will be some sewing done between tie off stitches. First you tie off, then you sew, then you tie off again. If you don't sew after you tie off, the machine won't "understand" why you want to tie off again right away. The only way to do that is to reset the stitch and start over.
I recently learned in my machine quilting class that I need to pull the bobbin thread to the top before I tie off. The way I can tie off is by setting the stitch length to .4 or .6 mm and taking 5-7 tiny stitches. Then I will sew my pattern in regular stitch length. I finish off with the reduced stitch at the end and trim the threads. It makes a nice clean seam for quilting inside a square or pattern.
My machine has the tie off stitch selector. When I engage it, the back stitch sets the stitch at the end of the stitching. I just love all of my options.
I recently learned in my machine quilting class that I need to pull the bobbin thread to the top before I tie off. The way I can tie off is by setting the stitch length to .4 or .6 mm and taking 5-7 tiny stitches. Then I will sew my pattern in regular stitch length. I finish off with the reduced stitch at the end and trim the threads. It makes a nice clean seam for quilting inside a square or pattern.
My machine has the tie off stitch selector. When I engage it, the back stitch sets the stitch at the end of the stitching. I just love all of my options.
10-19-2010, 07:40 PM
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Your might try the Pfaff.com website. I have a 7570 and I have to select that function whenever I want it to happen. I'm not sure why the machine would know if I need to tie off otherwise. I am constantly starting and stopping when I work at the machine (not always at the end of a seam) and raising/lowering the presser foot.
I've only used the tie off stitch when sewing garments. I don't use that particular function when I piece because I always am sewing over another seam. Where would you use it when you quilt?
By the way, sewing on a button using your machine is the only way to go. If you have to handsew one it might end up in the terminal "round-to-it" repair pile.
I've only used the tie off stitch when sewing garments. I don't use that particular function when I piece because I always am sewing over another seam. Where would you use it when you quilt?
By the way, sewing on a button using your machine is the only way to go. If you have to handsew one it might end up in the terminal "round-to-it" repair pile.
10-20-2010, 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by lab fairy
I've only used the tie off stitch when sewing garments. I don't use that particular function when I piece because I always am sewing over another seam. Where would you use it when you quilt?
I've pretty much given up on it though. I guess I'll just have to use the "immediate tie off" button that I push each time, but it's a shame this machine has a "programmed tie off" (that I don't have to push each time) and the manual doesn't explain well enough to make it work.
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