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02-20-2013, 03:13 PM

#21

faykilgore

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The reason the book stays with my sewing machine has nothing to do with organization. I consult it periodically to make sure I'm threading the bobbin correctly, because I don't always.

02-20-2013, 04:01 PM

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gabeway

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Been there, done that!

02-20-2013, 04:36 PM

#23

ube quilting

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You want to know if every body else does stuff like this! I think, yes!
peace

02-20-2013, 04:42 PM

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giquilt

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No not alone. I have been told if you re-thread your needle also re-thread your bobbin. Do I do this? NOT

02-20-2013, 05:02 PM

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Annaquilts

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Nope you are not the only one. I am taking a break before I fix my mess.

02-20-2013, 05:04 PM

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Certainly, we al have those days. We are, after all, human

02-20-2013, 05:04 PM

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GrannieAnnie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sarah in Brooklyn

I can't be the only one who does things like this: spends 90 minutes and wastes miles of thread before realizing that the problem isn't the machine tension, it's that the bobbin is threaded wrong. D'oh.

Okay, I give! How do you thread a bobbin wrong?

02-20-2013, 05:54 PM

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Sarah in Brooklyn

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It's hard to explain - the thread wasn't in the right little grooves. It takes talent to mess that up!!

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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie

Okay, I give! How do you thread a bobbin wrong?

02-21-2013, 03:50 AM

#29

kuntryquilter

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I spent an hour & a half trying to get my serger threaded right, the thread just kept breaking, until I realized one of the needles had slipped down about a quarter of an inch, the screw had worked its way loose. Got that problem fixed and no more problems.

02-21-2013, 04:29 AM

#30

barney

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[QUOTE=Knitette;5874449]Once spent an interesting

afternoon swearing at my machine and cursing like a sailor (no offence to sailors...) because I couldn't get the tension right. Just before I threw the machine and probably myself to follow, through the window, I discovered the bobbin in back to front. Oh how we live and learn![/Q