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Old 09-08-2013, 03:04 PM
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Stitchit123
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo View Post
I have this saved in my machine troubleshooting file:

  • Skipped stitches are symptomatic of several things, but a bent needle may be the culprit. When the stitches randomly start skipping, change your needle. If the stitches return to normal, then the problem was a bent needle. It can be caused by such things as tugging too hard on the fabric or the needle hitting a pin. Relax your hold on the fabric, and allow the feed dogs to pull it through.
Also could be the thread in the bobbin needs to be rethreaded through the bobbin case. After changing needle -and not improving the problem so as I was changing the thread I found it was just the bobbin
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