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Originally Posted by tmcarvelli (Post 8203307)

Help, please! I have tried everything to stop getting crooked stitches on my brother xr3774. The stitches are at an angle. I've cleaned all the lint out, adjusted tension up and down, adjusted stitch length, changed needles, changed threads, etc. etc. has anyone had this problem? The machine was only 120, and they want to charge $80-100 to repair, if they find anything, with a $25 service fee just to take it in. I might as well buy another machine. I've been messing with this for several weeks now and am so frustrated. thank you. I'm new to this site and to chat forums, so I apologize in advance, if I didn't do this correctly.

I can't make anything to sell with it like this, as it looks so unprofessional and cockeyed

Tina

Using Cotton Mettler thread, 14 needle (I've gone up and down), 2.5 length stitch (I've gone up and down) Current tension is at five, but I've had it up and down from 9 to 2 and it still stitches crooked, but then with the obvious tension issues from doing that.

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This may help. It looks to me as if you are using a ball point needle. That is how I get results like that since it has to punch it’s way though the fabric it creates odd little results like what you show, or breaking threads, etc. Make sure you are using sharp needles. I have even got that kind of stitches using a universal needle too. For quilting, I move up to a 16 sharp needle, but have no idea what others use. Good luck.

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Originally Posted by tmcarvelli (Post 8203329)

my stitch width is not at zero, it is at 2.5

2.5 should be your stitch LENGTH. The width ranges from 0 to about 7. Most zigzag caoke machines tend to a slight slant when they straight stitch. I have only gotten a truely straight stitch from an old machine that does straight stitch only.

It appears to me that in your picture of the holes your machine makes on paper that the holes are not round, but are more like hyphens positioned horizontally instead of vertically. If that is the case, the thread is going down on one side of the "slit" and coming up on the other. I agree that a smaller needle should improve things. It is possible also that there is a slight burr on the side of the needle you are using.

Best wishes to you on getting this problem taken care of.

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Originally Posted by QuiltingVagabond (Post 8203339)

Here is something Sew Classic says about this.
http://www.shop.sew-classic.com/medi...20Stitches.pdf

Thank you.. excellent article

Thanks for finding this, Kathy. I'm sure it will come in handy for a lot of us.

Leslie

Thank you!!!! I've had a new Juki 2010q that I want to love so badly, but the stitches were yack. I have been using universals. problem solved. yippie skippy!!!

Thanks so much for this.....wonderful, informative explanation.

Could someone share the article from Sew Classic

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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan (Post 8203346)

thanks for sharing that, i did not know that

I am not able to open the Link that many of you have positively talked about from Sew Classic. Would someone be willing to share the article? Thank you!

Do you have a face plate that is only a single hole rather than the one wide enough to do zigzag and any other fancy stitches? You might try that. The single hole seems to hold the fabric in position better. You can probably order one through your local dealership--or I suppose online, too.

The glitch is that you've got to remember to change that face plate when ready to zigzag again!