Originally Posted by Rose Marie
I have the Sapphire 830 and found only coat n clarks works. None of the more expensive threads would work for me either.
You do have to use the green bobbins, dont use any others.
I finally found out how to set the 1/4 inch when I took it in for a cleaning.
The button on the right with the ziz zag symble then arrow to the 1/4 inch.
Then I move the needle to 3.0 to get a scant 1/4 in.
...good to know...I've just had my 830 for about 3 weeks and so far I really like it but haven't worked out all the details on settings. I bought it on ebay from a sewing machine dealer but it's used so there's no finding a local dealer to help me with all the bells and whistles. It's encouraging to see that some of you guys really like yours. Right after I got mine I started seeing bad reviews about them everywhere regarding thread issues, broken needles and nesting threads when fmq.