Old 10-06-2011, 05:28 AM
  #50  
sguillot
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: League City, Texas
Posts: 504
Default

I sew on and off a small scrap or I would have the same problem. It also helps you beginning and ending stitches look better.
Originally Posted by lisalisa
Originally Posted by JanTx
3. Thou shalt have a threaded machine needle. If I cut it too short - and somehow I often cut it too short - the thread pulls out of the needle. I can sew quite a while without thread, too! (I've had machines where you had to hold the thread or it would pull through, but this one you're not supposed to do that. Most of the time that works.)

Sometimes I just amaze me!
I hear you there. Someone here on the board suggested putting a small piece of velcro on the side of the machine to dock the thread in so it doesn't slip out. Great piece of advise.
sguillot is offline