Originally Posted by
hray
Not a long-arm story, but recently I was doing free-standing lace embroidery and thought my machine needed service, or even replacing. Thread was shredding every couple hundred stitches, and I had a dozen leaves to make at about 12000 stitches each! I did all the usual stuff—changing needle, adjusting tension, running some monofilament through to see if anything was caught in the system—and still had shredding.
I then tried putting a thin line of Sewer’s Aid—the silicon stuff in the little plastic bottle—along the thread on the spool. Problem solved! Worth a try, maybe.
Great tip.. Recently I, too, was almost finished with a project and it suddenly shredded the thread twice in a row. Finally got it worked out but this tip might have been faster if I'd known. I've never had to use silicone or any additive for thread. I will remember this. Thanks.
Laughed when I saw that she turned her machine off and went to eat. When she came back it worked fine!