Top thread bunching on underside of quilt..
12-15-2013, 08:48 AM
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Are you pulling the bobbin thread to the top of the sandwich and holding both thread tails as you start stitching? If I don't do that I sometimes get a thread nest underneath my work. Does your machine wind your bobbins well or are some if the bobbins not wound correctly? Have you cleaned your bobbin case out well and put a drop of oil on the bobbin hook if your machine manual calls for it?
12-15-2013, 01:02 PM
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tammystitches:
Here are two videos showing how to pull up the bobbin thread, one with fabric on the bed of the machine and one without. Hope this helps and clears up your problem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEmMYMjWUo8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caPzulMMlMU
Here are two videos showing how to pull up the bobbin thread, one with fabric on the bed of the machine and one without. Hope this helps and clears up your problem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEmMYMjWUo8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caPzulMMlMU
12-16-2013, 12:17 PM
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Tammy, the technique of pulling the bobbin thread up won't be in the manual. Here's how to do it:
Center the needle on the previous line of stitching, the line which I assume you will be continuing. Position it so there are about four stitches ahead of the needle; you are going to sew over them. For the first stitch, just put the needle in, let the thread go around the bobbin case, and pull up one loop. Pull the loop out so now you have two thread tails on top the quilt, each about 4 inches long. Carefully aim the needle and take the first four stitches - by using the hand wheel - right on top of those you already did. Then quilt as normal. Later, you can clip the two thread tales close.
The other option is to take much smaller stitches in that area, following the same directions, but with four stitches in the normal manner, I would expect it to hold for you. You could bury your thread tails, but I wouldn't bother. I've done this many times and never had a problem.
I hope I was clear, but if not, ask questions.
Cricket
Center the needle on the previous line of stitching, the line which I assume you will be continuing. Position it so there are about four stitches ahead of the needle; you are going to sew over them. For the first stitch, just put the needle in, let the thread go around the bobbin case, and pull up one loop. Pull the loop out so now you have two thread tails on top the quilt, each about 4 inches long. Carefully aim the needle and take the first four stitches - by using the hand wheel - right on top of those you already did. Then quilt as normal. Later, you can clip the two thread tales close.
The other option is to take much smaller stitches in that area, following the same directions, but with four stitches in the normal manner, I would expect it to hold for you. You could bury your thread tails, but I wouldn't bother. I've done this many times and never had a problem.
I hope I was clear, but if not, ask questions.
Cricket
12-18-2013, 03:44 AM
#14
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Tammystitches I have used a Pfaff for 40 years and I will never use Gutermanns thread in my machine. It seems to be the one thread that it won't handle well. As mentioned several times nests on the underside are nearly always the result of the top thread not being threaded through the machine correctly. When this happens always first unthread the machine and rethread, if this doesn't work then try all the other suggestions. BTW I never pull the bobbin thread to the top of the work.
12-18-2013, 04:34 AM
#15
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To pull the bobbin thread up in the middle of the quilt simply lower your top needle down once and your bobbin thread will come up through the quilt and you just pull it completely through. This is definitely the way to eliminate your thread punching up underneath your quilt. I learned this in a class I took from an accomplished quilter. Good luck.
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