DOTTYMO

When I had the problem with my machine I found a fluff bunny rolled around the thread and a knot.

GailG

I have Janome MC4000 which is probably 20 years old. It still works very well, but it likes to be clean. If lint settles in the bobbin or feed dog area, it balks. It makes you believe that it it deathly ill. All I do is remove everything down there and clean it very well. Then I change the needle and it's good to go. Hopefully that is your problem.

sewnsewsue

I was quilting with mine using a 40 wt thread and experienced some odd noises. I stopped and noticed that my thread had partially shredded, a big glob on thread above the needle and the core of the thread still through the needle. I cut off the glob and retreaded and everything was fine.......until it happened again. This was annoying and I was fortunate not to get a hole. As soon as I heard the clunking, I stopped. I used this same 100% cotton thread last month for another quilt without issue. I tried changing needle to larger one, nothing helped. I had 2 spools of same thread,wonder if I got a bad spool?who knows, anyway, check your thread and see if it looks ok. Good luck!

sewnsewsue

Forgot to say that this happened with Janome 6600 with accufeed foot.

meyert

Thank you for all of your replies... next time I hear a noise I will have some ideas of what to look for. I will make sure I clean out the bobbin area .... I actually had never done that before Live and learn.. and ask for help from others thanks again

Jingle

I had that happen on my Babylock Jane, straight stitch only. I forgot to lower the presser foot. Only time it happens.

woody

I have had the same issue with the Janome 7700. It took me months to figure it out but it sound like the same thing that everyone else has said about the thread jumping out of the take up lever.
Very frustrating bu now I am aware of it I make sure that it is properly threaded all the time.

cindi

Sounds like you've got a lot of ideas for your machine problem. I don't have that model, so I can't be much help. However, with the hole it created, do you have a small logo or emblem from one of the unused shirts you cut up that you could use? This has happened to me before, and I cut out a small logo (leaving about an inch all the way around the logo), placed it face-down to a piece of lightweight fusible interfacing (placed face-up), sewed all the way around the logo in a circle or square, and cut a slit in the interfacing and turned the logo right-side-out. Then I ironed it over the hole, and sewed it down. Worked like a charm, and nobody (but me) knew the difference!

mom-6

I had the same thing happen this afternoon with my slant needle machine while doing a pillowcase. Guess a piece of thread got tangled somehow and gummed up the works. Was a kind of a pain to untangle but worked fine once I got it all out.

Alice Woodhull

Sounds like you need to take a road trip to Sharyn's. Darrell will get you through it. I had to go there twice in one day when I was having trouble with mine a couple years ago. They'll get you going again.