Memory Craft 6600P
#21
So very sorry for your loss.
Are you using the FMQ foot from Janome? If so, it has a screw you can turn to make it closer to the fabric. If there is too much space between it and the fabric, the thread will break.
Watson
Are you using the FMQ foot from Janome? If so, it has a screw you can turn to make it closer to the fabric. If there is too much space between it and the fabric, the thread will break.
Watson
#22
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Posts: 9,475
I have that machine and love it but it only likes the Aurifil thread. Sometimes I have to rethread and yes, I do have a problem sometimes with the thread breaking but not too often. Good luck and I know it is so frustrating when you are trying to finish a project. So very sorry to hear the loss of your son. Thoughts and prayers are with you.
#23
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 451
I too had a persistent problem until I switched to topstitch needle and now it's all smooth sailing and meandering is my niche so every quilt is meandered in whole or in part. My machine is now 8 yrs old and still does everything perfectly.
#24
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,753
Try switching to a 90/14 or even a 100/16 Topstitch needle.
also, if you are using the free motion foot that floats instead of hopping, it might help to use the thumb screw on the foot to lower it a little. That foot needs to skim the surface, or float just a tiny bit above it. If it's too far off the surface you will get problems with stitch formation and thread breakage.
Rob
also, if you are using the free motion foot that floats instead of hopping, it might help to use the thumb screw on the foot to lower it a little. That foot needs to skim the surface, or float just a tiny bit above it. If it's too far off the surface you will get problems with stitch formation and thread breakage.
Rob
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