Originally Posted by
tmcarvelli
Help, please! I have tried everything to stop getting crooked stitches on my brother xr3774. The stitches are at an angle. I've cleaned all the lint out, adjusted tension up and down, adjusted stitch length, changed needles, changed threads, etc. etc. has anyone had this problem? The machine was only 120, and they want to charge $80-100 to repair, if they find anything, with a $25 service fee just to take it in. I might as well buy another machine. I've been messing with this for several weeks now and am so frustrated. thank you. I'm new to this site and to chat forums, so I apologize in advance, if I didn't do this correctly.
I can't make anything to sell with it like this, as it looks so unprofessional and cockeyed
Tina
Using Cotton Mettler thread, 14 needle (I've gone up and down), 2.5 length stitch (I've gone up and down) Current tension is at five, but I've had it up and down from 9 to 2 and it still stitches crooked, but then with the obvious tension issues from doing that.
L
This may help. It looks to me as if you are using a ball point needle. That is how I get results like that since it has to punch it’s way though the fabric it creates odd little results like what you show, or breaking threads, etc. Make sure you are using sharp needles. I have even got that kind of stitches using a universal needle too. For quilting, I move up to a 16 sharp needle, but have no idea what others use. Good luck.