Railroadersbrat

So, I was a goof and texted a few people the pictures I took of the chicken pincushions I did over this last VQW and suddenly, I had two more to make. I didn't think anything of it, of course I'd love to make sure everyone has a cool chicken pincushion, so I sat down to make the first one without even blinking twice.

I did all the hand sewing first, it's a great way to pass the time watching YouTube videos, then interfaced everything, applied Heat and Bond on everything else and proceeded into the machine sewing. I have a stitch that mimics hand sewing, which I fell in love with so hard, my fiancé is saying that I should use it to piece my next quilt because it's such a strong seam and I just might.

Skip ahead a little, I'm getting ready to start the next seam on the chicken's body and I jam up. No big deal, I pull the chicken off, clear out the bird's nest, rethread the top and the bobbin, try it again, it jams up again. To make a long story short, I spend the rest of the evening trying to find the problem and I get so frustrated that I unplug the machine, set it off to the side, pulled out my big girl and finished the pincushion.

Today, since my fiancé is finally able to get out of the house and over to a friend's to check in on her and make sure she's doing okay after that Arctic blast (she's in her early 70s, we kept in daily touch with her, but I always send him over after something like this for visual confirmation she's okay), I thought 'okay, going to try this again'. Pulled the machine out, pulled off the needle plate, checked everything on the inside, I find a thread. I really need to get some long tweezers, it was a pain to get to with a small screwdriver but I finally did and pulled it out. Less than an inch long, I'm a little puzzled by the fact that this little piece of thread was such an issue, but I throw it away, clean out the race since I was there, a couple dots of oil where they're supposed to go, rethread my machine, get a new bobbin in and test it. No issues, it's purring like a kitten again.

What still puzzles me is, could a three-quarters of an inch of thread jam up my new machine? I can see an issue with the bobbin, which after I looked at the one that was in it at the time of the jam, it wasn't completely threaded correctly and I know that my Dressmaker will throw an absolute hissy fit if I use one like that. The piece of thread was in a location that it might have caused an issue, but I'm still a little confused. Any thoughts?