Double trouble with my machine. Help please!
#21
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Ohio
Posts: 56
Maya (my machine) is giving me 2 problems and I keep trying to troubleshoot and I'm having no luck.
1) Keeps skipping stitches
2) Upper thread keeps breaking
I've tried reinserting the needle, adjusting the tension, running test scraps (with no problems-grrr)
I don't know what else to do. I need her working happily away ASAP. I'm involved in a block swap and the due date is coming up.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
1) Keeps skipping stitches
2) Upper thread keeps breaking
I've tried reinserting the needle, adjusting the tension, running test scraps (with no problems-grrr)
I don't know what else to do. I need her working happily away ASAP. I'm involved in a block swap and the due date is coming up.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I had the same problem last week and with 2 machines. I changed needles, thread, adjusted tension, etc. When sewing on a test strip it was fine. I learned the problem was from the fabric, one of the fabrics was a tighter weave and heavier. I sandwiched the pieces together with the lighter fabric on top when stitching and it worked fine, (on both machines). Good Luck in you resolution.
#22
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Beautiful Oregon
Posts: 320
brand name of sewing machine
Maya (my machine) is giving me 2 problems and I keep trying to troubleshoot and I'm having no luck.
1) Keeps skipping stitches
2) Upper thread keeps breaking
I've tried reinserting the needle, adjusting the tension, running test scraps (with no problems-grrr)
I don't know what else to do. I need her working happily away ASAP. I'm involved in a block swap and the due date is coming up.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
1) Keeps skipping stitches
2) Upper thread keeps breaking
I've tried reinserting the needle, adjusting the tension, running test scraps (with no problems-grrr)
I don't know what else to do. I need her working happily away ASAP. I'm involved in a block swap and the due date is coming up.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
#24
Have you cleaned your machine ? My Bernina will do anything and everything weird when it's got lint in it. Clean and oil your machine, change the needle and even the bobbin sometimes. I always go through all these steps when my machine acts weird. Good Luck.
#25
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern, Utah
Posts: 973
Check to see if you have any thread wrapped around your take up in the machine and also check the bobbin and hook for excess lint or pieces of thread. Sometimes there are areas that you don't see readily and it builds up and causes the breakage. Good luck.
#27
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Posts: 7,695
I would check your thread spool. Sometimes the thread gets caught on a nick on the spool end. Also, are you using a spool cap? After you thread the needle, pull the thread through the machine several times and make sure it is flowing smoothly and the needle dose not move.
Check to see if the thread is in the take up lever. When you thread the machine, the presser foot should be up.
These tips have helped me.
Check to see if the thread is in the take up lever. When you thread the machine, the presser foot should be up.
These tips have helped me.
#29
I'm always amazed at how many things you have to do to fix stitching problems. I usually start from the beginning. I take the thread out and re-thread, I clean out the bobbin area and re-thread the bobbin, and I change my needle. I also check my tension dials to make sure I haven't inadvertently changed the tension while sewing.
Hope you found your problem and your are sewing swiftly now.
Hope you found your problem and your are sewing swiftly now.
#30
have you tried rethreading it. sometimes it is as simple as threading it wrong.
Maya (my machine) is giving me 2 problems and I keep trying to troubleshoot and I'm having no luck.
1) Keeps skipping stitches
2) Upper thread keeps breaking
I've tried reinserting the needle, adjusting the tension, running test scraps (with no problems-grrr)
I don't know what else to do. I need her working happily away ASAP. I'm involved in a block swap and the due date is coming up.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
1) Keeps skipping stitches
2) Upper thread keeps breaking
I've tried reinserting the needle, adjusting the tension, running test scraps (with no problems-grrr)
I don't know what else to do. I need her working happily away ASAP. I'm involved in a block swap and the due date is coming up.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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