After reading your reply I checked my machine and you are right. There is one dot above my piecing stitch icon. I had always thought that when I tried to backstitch when using my piecing stitch that it really wasn't doing anything...The needle would go up and down but I didn't think any thread was being used. I couldn't see any extra stitches in the seam. Then after reading your reply I looked closer using a magnifying glass. Now I can see tiny stitches wherever I had hit the backstitch button! Thanks so much!
Originally Posted by
Jane Quilter
Look again at your piecing stitch picture on your machine. If it has 2 dots above it, it means you will sew in reverse when you hit the reverse / reinforcement button.
If it has just 1 dot above , it means you will only stitch a lock stitch when you hit the reverse/reinforcement button.
I don't see any straight stitch pictures with no dots above them.
Note that the reverse/reinforcement button is different than the start/stop button. Are you maybe forgetting to choose this when beginning to stitch?