Oh you poor thing!
Pat yourself on the back for NOT paying someone else to figure it out!

Oh not the first time that has happened to all of us probably. I had a new machine and put down the dogs and could not get them to come back up. Took it in and was so embarrassed too--you have to take a stitch or two before they pop back. Never forgot that lesson!

Been there,done that also, so don't feel like the Lone Ranger, we all make mistakes and then laugh about them.

and I thought only I did these things......I also put the needle in wrong and lost a precious week being very upset. So I unthreaded everything, took the needle out, took the bobbin out and started over. It ran like a top. I had an ice cream sundae to celebrate.

Oh! been there done that, even took machine to the shop. Boy you should have seen the repairmans expression. Life happens.

Done both the needle and the bobbin thing, also misthreaded the tension discs, all of the above will mess things up!

I am so glad I read this thread. It's like a troubleshooting guide. I have learned.

1. If it doesn't sew, try rethreading the thread and bobbin.
2. Look to see if there is fuzz in the bobbin.
3. Make sure the needle is put in the right way.
4. Sew a stitch if your feed dog doesn't go down.
5. Don't put the bobbin in backwards
6. Not all bobbins are equal.
7. Make sure you put the walking foot on right.
8. IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE THREAD CUTTER. haha

I've had most of these problems, but I'm sure I will have a brand new one some day.

I LOVE THIS SITE.

i had major problems with my singer (book is useless as are most owners manuels are nowadays) had trouble with all kinds of thread breaking bobbin making bird nests thought for sure it had to be machine then someone mentioned sometimes thread has to come off the spool a certain way well i didnt think this could possibly be it bobbin thread comes off back why would spool not also but noooooo it comes off the front they are so careful to mention in book about direction of bobbin thread but not spool why would they do this? my thought is so some nice repair man can make some money or get a good laugh at this dummy!

Yep, one day my feed dogs weren't working right, my fabric was jumping all over the place, threads were nesting...I wanted to throw the darn thing out the window...

I didn't put the foot down.

LOL - Similar thing just happened to my mom. She fiddled with her serger for quite a while finally telling my dad it just didn't work and would have to go to the shop. My sister in law (not a sewer) came over and saw it on the counter. Mom told her what was going on and walked away. A few minutes later my SIL yelled out that she thought maybe just the light bulb was loose! Mom never tried the pedal - when the light didn't come on she assumed the machine was broken!!

oh I know you aint the only one who has done something like that. he he could it be me too.

Oh, that's just a Homer Simpson DUH! moment. In my book, Dumba** indicates that something needs fixing. lol

I recently learned that in order to use the pressure foot lift (with my right knee) I needed to drive with my left foot. OMG - how many times did I have my right foot on the gas while moving the lever at the same time. I'm a work in progress - aren't we all?

I had a problem with a noise on my machine. It sewed fine, but there was just a strange noise. I called the dealer and asked him if he knew what he could be. He had me to put the telephone next to the machine and run it. He said 'turn off the bobbin winder'. - Cynthia

You'll make me feel so good. I have done many of the things you'll wrote about. I even bought another machine only to find out not much was wrong with the one I had. But do so enjoy the Janome 10000. Now thinking of getting a quilting machine.

I am a newbie to quilting and have been doing some Downy Quilts for Kids (which is so much fun) but, I have a question-'we found an old small Singer (probably from the 50's) stored by my mom in it's black case and wrapped in a plastic bag. It has such a musty smell and I have tryed setting it out in the sun to air out, packed it with newspapers, put some vanilla in with it, an still no solution. Any ideas???

Pat ur self on the head for saving a whole bunch of money u cannot walk into a repairshop here w/out hearing 100.00

Is it a Featherweight????? How about fabric softerner sheets and close it up for awhile?? Is the machine musty too?

smile....that is your goof for the year.. we all have one sooner or later.....

been there done that!!!!!!!

I just had to put mine in and you'd never guess what was wrong. I have a thread rack that fits onto the back of the sewing machine. I had a spool of monofil. thread and it had gotten wrapped around my hand wheel and melted. I'm lucky I didn't burn up the motor as all I knew was it wasn't moving the fabric as I sewed! I feel dumber than dumb!

I've done that before with my featherweight. I wrote a note and put on the machine last time I used it so I would remember. I don't use it very often so it is easy to forget.

I LOVE your blue featherweight, God I wish I could afford a purple one <sigh>

I'm sorry but I was laughing when I read your problem. Maybe it was the way you presented it but I am still laughing, not at you but at the problem.

Oh, I might make the same mistake twice. Particularly after I sleep a couple of times.lol.

You have arrived as a member of the dummies' club. We all have done dumb things with our machines. My Bernina 1090 would not sew. I checked everything, even took off the back to see if thread or something was keeping it from sewing. After three days of frustration, I then noticed that the lever that goes to hold the thread when filling the bobbin was pushed over. Need I say, I had mud on my face!!!

I used to have a little poster (can't find it after many years, but wish I could) with a cute picture of a sheepish-looking puppy with the caption, "I never make the same mistake twice... generally, it's three times or more." sigh...

Hey, I put the bobbin in the wrong way for over 20 years before I realized that the reason it sometimes slipped out of the groove was because it was supposed to go in counter clockwise, not clockwise, like the DIAGRAM on the bobbin lid illustrates.

So, welcome me to the DUH club!!

I have done this several times!

Yes, I found that out too! And to make matters even more confusing, the 99k is threaded left to right.
So, the Featherweight right to left, the 99k left to right and the Janome front to back lol, :mrgreen:

I always put those moments down to "well, I guess it was my turn to do something silly". Keeps me from getting upset so often. When you live in "Gooberville", like I do, those things happen a lot!

I was reading these answers and happened to notice your posted picture. Is that a wall hanging or a quilt? It is really beautiful and a wonderful use of lights and darks. Just wanted to tell you I enjoyed looking at it!

This is the picture I was talking about.... Dunster's....

Here are some of the ways I have eradicated the old Singer smell from a Featherweight.

1. Change the inside (felt) bed pad out for a new one. You can find these on ebay and 221 parts.com. AIf you do not do this, it will just spread the old oily musty odor back into the case the next time it is put away.
2. Leave the machine out from the case for a few days and let it air out on its own.
3. Pack the case with old newspapers and put it in the trunk of the car for several days. You may need to change out the papers each day as the newspaper can only absorb so much odor.
4. Spray the interior of the case with lysol spray and wipe it down then dry it.
5. If the odor persists then get a new bar of safeguard soap open one end and leave it in the box and place it in the case. Close up the case for about a week. This should eliminate most of the odor. The more these cases are left open the better since the musty smell is the old glues that draw moisture. You can also place some of those little white packets that absorb moisture inside the case to keep odors away.

:-D

Oh man its amazing how we learn about our ummm lets just MOMENTS !LOL I think we have all been there at one time or another !LOL

I took a TV in to have the speaker fixed, but found out it was a monospeaker TV... It's best that I don't remember how much I paid to find that out!

Oh My, Put me there! My tension has been off and could not fiqure out the problem. Finally determined that I bumped the adjustment when I was messing around doing something else and all it took was to nudge it back to center and Viola!! cooking with crisco. Everything was fine. I was ready to run it to the repair shop and be without for weeks.