xstitchmaniac

I was sewing merrily along when I ran out of bobbin thread. After rewinding and putting in the rewound bobbin, I started sewing again. Fabric moved along w/o a problem. However, there were no stitches, only tiny little holes where the thread should've been. Perhaps I put in the bobbin the wrong way? Took it out and inserted it the other way and started sewing again. Still no stitches, just tiny holes. I didn't touch the threading on the machine since I used the Sidewinder. I was on a roll and now this has to happen! Any help would be appreciated!

donnajean

Usually rethreading fixes everything. Have you cleaned out your bobbin case area to remove lint?

BellaBoo

The bobbin housing has to be in exactly the right place. You may have bumped it. I doubt it would move that easy but you never know. There is a notch where the case has to fit in right underneath the needle. And be sure the bobbin thread is pulled to the right outlet on the bobbin. Sometimes my bobbin thread will come out of the slot. This happened on a Featherweight at guild too, we all tried different things with it and it was the needle was backwards. Remember everything on a Featherwieght goes to the left. The flat of the needle to to the left, and threading the needle goes right to left.

hobo2000

Make sure the thread is going away from the little hole you pull it thru. Then you pull it back thru the slot into the hole, leave about 3 inches hanging and put it back in, use the wheel to turn the needle a couple of times to catch the thread before you put your fabric in and run. This should make it sew, if not clean the entire bobbin case good and try again.

KatFish

Did you push it in far enough to hear a small click. Can't say how many times I thought I had the bobbin in and it would not sew. Just take it out and re insert it and it should work. One thing I have noticed is that my feather weight does not like the new bobbins.

xstitchmaniac

Thanks, everyone!

Finally figured out the problem. I neglected to mention that I open the throat plate to clean out the lint and did not make sure that the bobbin "finger" was in the notch of the throat plate when screwing it back on.

Learning something new everyday.

smitty

Aha ! if you would have mentioned cleaning the lint first, a bunch of us would have guessed the "finger" not in the slot.
Expensive lesson for many--still amazed that a repair guy would charge to fix such a "mistake "!!

craftybear

glad you got it fixed

KatFish

I did that too. I finally got DH to look at it because after two days I was not having any luck. He looked at the picture in the manuel, and figured it out. Boy did I feel dumb.

hulahoop1

My aunt's machine sat idle for nearly six months with this same problem. She HATES to read instructions so didn't get out the manual. Had to send her a picture. Geez!