susanwilley

Thanks so much everyone! I knew this would be the place to go to for help! My quilting board world is so full of great people I knew I would get the help I needed! I had cleaned and oiled the bobbin case but went back again after all the suggestions and did the deep cleaning I would normally do after finishing a project and before starting another. Also, I have a feeling I may have left the presser foot up when rethreading, that hoping foot does look the same up or down polyparrot. Anyway, after trying the suggestions you wonderful quilters suggested I think I have it working now. I was left with one tiny tiny loop in my sample line of stitches, but I'm sure that will be worked out on its own! Thanks again to all you wonderful quilters! Love this board and love love love all of you!! So grateful to have stumbled across this board!

susanwilley

I have a domestic sewing machine, it's the Singer Futura and I love it! I had tried everything I could think of and nothing I did seemed to help. So, I went back and did a much more detailded cleaning than I did to begin with.
The older machines were certainly much more simple to work with. All the bells and whistle you can get in a machine these days just mean more problems to work out! But, when they work they are fun to use. Thanks so much for helping!

raptureready

First of all, get a nice drink--coke, coffee, tall glass of tea. Then add some chocolate. Find your most comfy chair and enjoy your drink and chocolate. After you're completely relaxed, go back to the machine. Now, remove all the thread, the needle and the plate. Once that's done, clean and oil (if you have a machine that you're supposed to oil). Replace the needle with a new one, rethread the top thread and the bobbin. Now try again.
The only other thing is that you may have a bobbin that's too loosely wound. You might try rewinding it with a little more tension on the thread. If it doesn't work this time, go shopping and try again tomorrow.

ka9sdn

If it started out good something happened to make the change. Rethread, clean out bobbin case, rethread bobbin, maybe even try a new bobbin as this one may not be wound evenly and even a new needle. One of those usually works for me.

hheelleenn

I bet cleaning and re threading will do the trick. Each time it's happen to me, this was the answer. Or could it be the stretch in your fabric? If all else fails do the faux tying method on utube. I forgot what it's called, maybe someone know's?

romanojg

You said you are using a walking foot and going around the small animals; this is probably where your problem lies. Try doing around the animals with a regular foot or FM foot. Good luck.

krafty14

This happened to me too!! I didn't get birds nests, but my straight stitching was all crooked!! Take your bobbin out and double check!! Ann

twinkie

When this happens to me, my DH always reminds me that whenever you change the thickness of the items being sewn, you have to adjust your tension. Try that and good luck.

GailG

Thank you "poly" for taking the time to post such good information. And I hope Susan can solve her problem. It is so frustrating to be so near the end and then to have something like this slow down the process.

#1piecemaker

Usually just re-threading solves a lot of problems. You've gotten some good suggestions. Hope one of them works.