Janome 6600 thread cutter - bobbin vomit
05-14-2011, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by GGinMcKinney
No thread waste if you just do one block after another in a chain and do not pull any threads.
I have never heard the whistle warning. Maybe I don't want to, huh???
I have never heard the whistle warning. Maybe I don't want to, huh???
As for grabbing the top thread only, it didn't help. The problem is with the bobbin thread. when it's still down below it winds it's way along the seam I just sewed.
Oh well.
05-15-2011, 01:25 AM
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keep a tweezer next to the machine. any kind will do.
1. make sure you have a long enough "tail" of top thread behind the needle to get a good hold between your fingers. at least 2" is best.
2. while holding the top tail up (so it does not go under the foot), presser foot down
3. needle down (use the button)
4. needle up (again, button)
5. using the tweezer, grab that little bit of bobbin thread that now pokes up through the top. pull out about 2" or so.
6. needle down again. raise foot, pull both threads to the back. foot back down.
hold onto both threads while you do either the lock stitch, or for the first three or four stitches. if you haven't started stitching at the edge of the quilt, you should tie off the tails.
if you don't want to see the little tiny tails on the back where you've locked/cut with the cutter button, then just pull out a few inches of thread after your last stitch (but before cutting the threads). cut the top and bobbin threads. a little tug on the top thread will pull up a loop of the bobbin thread. pull that all the way through to the top and then tie it off.
it might sound like a lot of extra work, but once you get into the habit, it's no big deal.
1. make sure you have a long enough "tail" of top thread behind the needle to get a good hold between your fingers. at least 2" is best.
2. while holding the top tail up (so it does not go under the foot), presser foot down
3. needle down (use the button)
4. needle up (again, button)
5. using the tweezer, grab that little bit of bobbin thread that now pokes up through the top. pull out about 2" or so.
6. needle down again. raise foot, pull both threads to the back. foot back down.
hold onto both threads while you do either the lock stitch, or for the first three or four stitches. if you haven't started stitching at the edge of the quilt, you should tie off the tails.
if you don't want to see the little tiny tails on the back where you've locked/cut with the cutter button, then just pull out a few inches of thread after your last stitch (but before cutting the threads). cut the top and bobbin threads. a little tug on the top thread will pull up a loop of the bobbin thread. pull that all the way through to the top and then tie it off.
it might sound like a lot of extra work, but once you get into the habit, it's no big deal.
04-18-2014, 12:43 PM
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I know this is an old thread, but to keep from having "bobbin vomit" after using the auto thread cutter, make sure that you start stitching with fabric under the needle after using the cutter.
04-18-2014, 12:51 PM
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Yes, I think that is the solution...I have a babylock and hated the cutter at the beginning..not that it made bird rests..instead it would unthread....just as frustrating...then one day I slid the fabric right in front of that needle so that the first stitch was on fabric and it made the stitch and kept on going......if the prob is the bobbin, maybe it is not in there correctly...I notice this babylock has to have that bobbin winding in the right direction or there is trouble...was spoiled with my old Viking..only went in one way......I like using leaders and Enders...makes a great scrap project....
04-20-2014, 08:09 AM
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keep a tweezer next to the machine. any kind will do.
1. make sure you have a long enough "tail" of top thread behind the needle to get a good hold between your fingers. at least 2" is best.
2. while holding the top tail up (so it does not go under the foot), presser foot down
3. needle down (use the button)
4. needle up (again, button)
5. using the tweezer, grab that little bit of bobbin thread that now pokes up through the top. pull out about 2" or so.
6. needle down again. raise foot, pull both threads to the back. foot back down.
hold onto both threads while you do either the lock stitch, or for the first three or four stitches. if you haven't started stitching at the edge of the quilt, you should tie off the tails.
if you don't want to see the little tiny tails on the back where you've locked/cut with the cutter button, then just pull out a few inches of thread after your last stitch (but before cutting the threads). cut the top and bobbin threads. a little tug on the top thread will pull up a loop of the bobbin thread. pull that all the way through to the top and then tie it off.
it might sound like a lot of extra work, but once you get into the habit, it's no big deal.
1. make sure you have a long enough "tail" of top thread behind the needle to get a good hold between your fingers. at least 2" is best.
2. while holding the top tail up (so it does not go under the foot), presser foot down
3. needle down (use the button)
4. needle up (again, button)
5. using the tweezer, grab that little bit of bobbin thread that now pokes up through the top. pull out about 2" or so.
6. needle down again. raise foot, pull both threads to the back. foot back down.
hold onto both threads while you do either the lock stitch, or for the first three or four stitches. if you haven't started stitching at the edge of the quilt, you should tie off the tails.
if you don't want to see the little tiny tails on the back where you've locked/cut with the cutter button, then just pull out a few inches of thread after your last stitch (but before cutting the threads). cut the top and bobbin threads. a little tug on the top thread will pull up a loop of the bobbin thread. pull that all the way through to the top and then tie it off.
it might sound like a lot of extra work, but once you get into the habit, it's no big deal.
This does work 100%.
I've had this problem with my 7700 and last time I did some quilting where it mattered, I tried this and the back looked great. But otherwise, yes, I have the same problem as the OP.
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