Aggrevated
#1
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Location: Illinois
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Last night I was sewing just fine I went from fmq to reg sewing, stopped for a few minutes and then it just wouldn't go. My fabric kept getting caught. I took it apart about 5 times, cleaned it and put it back together. I kept playing with the feed dogs to make sure that I had it right. I thought that I would give it a rest and try tonight, no nothing works. I am soo aggrevated. Do any of you have any ideas what it could be?
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Was having a similar problem recently. This is probably not what is happening to you, but it is at least worth mentioning.
The bottom of the presser foot on my machine was gummed up with glue from earlier sewing. It adhered to the top layer of fabric, which, after the first couple of stitches, held both layers of fabric so that they bunched up behind the presser foot and stopped forward forward motion. It took some detective work to figure that out, and then some elbow grease to clean it up. I had to do clean it several times, but finally was able to sew again. Now I am much more careful when using gluey materials while sewing!
The bottom of the presser foot on my machine was gummed up with glue from earlier sewing. It adhered to the top layer of fabric, which, after the first couple of stitches, held both layers of fabric so that they bunched up behind the presser foot and stopped forward forward motion. It took some detective work to figure that out, and then some elbow grease to clean it up. I had to do clean it several times, but finally was able to sew again. Now I am much more careful when using gluey materials while sewing!
#10
This is going to sound stupid but....did you shorten your stitch to 0 when you started FMQ? If you did, did you then move it back up to sew a normal stitch prior to piecing?
I know it sounds stupid but ask me how I know to check these things.
I know it sounds stupid but ask me how I know to check these things.
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