If the thread only globs at the needle, it seems like it has to be there, I sure hope you figure it out. I assume you changed the needle, if not, try it again and see if it works tomorrow Meanwhile, enjoy the soaps. :)
Originally Posted by quiltilicious
Originally Posted by janRN
OK. 2 hours and 5 broken needles and lots of swear words later it's still shreading the #$#@ thread!! I works for I guess 6 inches and at most 10 inches of sewing and then there's that glob of thread behind the needle, one ply of thread into fabric and then it breaks. I think I have to take it in for a check up.
One nice thing about top stitch needles is the larger eye--much easier to thread.
I quit for today-going to watch soaps or something LOL!
The broken needles (I had that problem for the first couple of months, too) are likely due to you "helping" the fabric along and not letting the feed dogs do their job (if you are FMQ, it means you're moving the fabric out of sync with the needle motion - the only way I got over that was hours of practice and slowing down for a while).
What weight thread are you using? I seem to get fabulous results with 50 wt thread. (this took months of trial and error to figure out as well - also I had no idea thread had "weights" until I took a FMQ workshop at a quilt show)