Originally Posted by
NZquilter
I like to do a search before posting a new thread, too, IceLeopard. I like to do a google search as well, because if you type in your question and end the search with 'quilting board ' the archives from the QB come up in the search too.
I
usually prefer google search with " site:quiltingboard.com " without the quotation marks as it will take you to the right page on those threads that have many pages. Also, google search will give some additional wording that helps. If what one is looking for within Quilting Board is on a long thread, it will only show the thread and not the particular page that has what you are looking for is on.
I also agree with
IceLeopard about being "a bit more specific in your thread titles."
What
tranum said about reading manuals helps, too. Sometimes going through it again doesn't hurt a bit. Sometimes you will find something that you hadn't noticed before as you didn't need it at the time when you first got the machine, but now you do (or at least be reminded of). As I'm generally in the vintage forum, there are a lot of threads about tangling threads which frequently is a matter of holding threads behind when beginning to sew. Another tip found in the Singer 221, aka Featherweight, manual is to hold the threads diagonally under the presser foot so the threads are held firmly between the feed and presser foot. Another tip in the FW manual is the one that
Gray fox here on QB uses as a signature "Needle down......foot down......sew!" which works for all machines.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.