New purpose for nail file
Today, I thought I would experiment with pre cuts (layer cake and charms) and decorative stitches to make blocks. Placed a new spool of thread and started to zip away until......fabric puckering, stitches puckering. What could be wrong! Rethreaded the machine and started to zip away with the decorative stitches only to encounter the puckers. Took the spool out and found the thread was caught in the small slice that is used as a thread leader holder. Aghhh . When the thread got caught in the small notch it was enough to throw the tension off. Took my nail file and filed that notch smooth. Since the fix, it's been zipping along without a problem.