birds nest help!
I have a Brother Quattro, 6000D machine which I absolutely love.
One problem -
I have a birds nest building up in the bobbin and I don't know why.
I asked at the quilt shop and the lady said when it is underneath, it's a top thread situation. When it's on top it's a bobbin thread issue. So, with the birds nest it has to be upper thread. She suggested I may not be threading the machine correctly, however it only happens on rare occasion, and my machine tells me if it's threaded incorrectly.
She also said when the machine is running, the thread can pop out of the take up lever. OK, makes sense.
I thread and rethread the machine, pull the thread from both sides to make sure it is seated in the tension disks, thread the needle correctly, and still it happens.
It doesn't happen everytime I sew. I have been trying to make little stocking ornaments, and both times it has nested during the final satin stitch on the border.
I was working on a star on organza and it did it during the satin stitch on the star edges.
I've done gift tags and cards and it doesn't happen, but then no satin stitch.
I was working on a quilt in the hoop and it did it's nasty deed while doing a stipple stitch.
I am getting so frustrated since I'm going to be starting a big project in a couple weeks, and I am quite concerned about ruining blocks.
Any ideas, anybody?
I am working on posting pictures.