Originally Posted by sew wishful
Originally Posted by miriam
Originally Posted by sew wishful
I put my new darning foot on the 401A and it doesn't work. This machine sews a nice straight and ZZ stitch (haven't tried any of the cams for other stitches) but it won't let me FMQ on it. I'm sad. Anything I should check on? I thought that raising the plate above the feed dogs was how it was to be done, but that didn't help so put the plate back in place and it still won't catch the bobbin thread. Not sure what to do next.
Did you have the pressure foot down? You can use the cover from the buttonholer if you have one.
Yup presser foot was down. I'll try the buttonholer cover.
Did you pull the bobbin thread to the top of the quilt? Nearly everytime I have trouble it's because I forgot!