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ginnie6 11-18-2010 10:50 AM

messes up! Grrr! I've been fighting a yucky head cold for two days now. Today I want to finish a quilt and none of my machines will work! They worked earlier this week! My Kenmore needs to go to the shop but no money....my white (my old workhorse) is suddenly not working either. I can pick up thread by turning the wheel but when I try to sew the top thread just breaks. I've rethreaded, cleaned, oiled....and anything else I could think of. So I remember the antique white rotary I got this summer.....hmmm. Nope it won't pick up thread either. So it must be me! So here I sit wanting to sew and can't. If I felt better I'd break that credit card out of the safe and go use it to buy a new machine! I'm scared to try the treadle....it was my grandmother's and I hate to mess it up too.

Quilter7x 11-18-2010 10:51 AM

Sounds like a nap might be in order. Walking away for a while does wonders sometimes and since you're sick, you're not quite yourself anyway. Wishing you luck!

jetnica 11-18-2010 10:55 AM


Originally Posted by Quilter7x
Sounds like a nap might be in order. Walking away for a while does wonders sometimes and since you're sick, you're not quite yourself anyway. Wishing you luck!

Best Advice Possible!!

Quiltforme 11-18-2010 11:00 AM

If it makes you feel better I am having the same issue with my machine. It is breaking thread I have done all I can to make it work so I am now laying in bed watching some mind numbing TV!

koko 11-18-2010 11:02 AM

Maybe a new needle and change of thread would fix the problems??

mysippycup2 11-18-2010 11:06 AM

I keep breaking needles on my kenmore :( started last night carried over to today so I am not even looking at them until tonight after class

np3 11-18-2010 11:08 AM

I think you all need chocolate! Lots of it!

ginnie6 11-18-2010 11:16 AM

I have changed needle and thread...thought for a minute I had it fixed. Managed to get it to sew a nice line then changed to my fm foot and it started again. Oh and I've had chocolate!Think I will just work on some Sue blocks and watch a movie with ds the rest of the day.

JUNEC 11-18-2010 11:30 AM

Rethread machine and replace bobbin - then eat 2 no make that 3 pieces of chocolate.

If that doesn't work, unplug it than replug it in, just to let your machines know who the boss is

What are you taking for your cold? Breathing in steam (after making tea or cocoa) helps - break up the sinus pressure you get with a cold

Although I don't have a cold, I do have serious allergies -my DR has me taking - over the counter- SUPHEDRINE PE (generic for sudaped PE)- I take 3 in AM and 3 PM - really helps & non-drowsy

Hope you feel better soon.

Dave-Jane 11-18-2010 11:36 AM

Hope you feel better!!! Dave B.

Jamiestitcher62 11-18-2010 11:48 AM

When my sister was killed in a motorcycle accident, I was trying to sew a pouch together that I cross-stitched Winnie The Pooh on (it was her favorite), so I could put her ashes into it before going into the urn. Anyway, here I am at my sewing machine and I can't get the thing to run for the life of me, I'm calling my Grandmother, she's got no idea, I'm crying, it's midnight, the funeral is the next day.

I had the machine threaded wrong. Crap happens to the best of us. Hope you feel better soon.

CorgiNole 11-18-2010 11:57 AM

Nap, chocolate, tea with whiskey...

Is the bobbin set correctly? If mine is the slightest bit out of kilter, I start breaking thread quickly.

Hope one of the machines starts cooperating soon.

Cheers, K

amma 11-18-2010 11:59 AM

Double check that your bobbin is in correctly... I have had it in backwards a number of times :oops:
I hope you can get one of the machines up and running soon :D:D:D

Ramona Byrd 11-18-2010 12:22 PM

Stop. Have a drink of--take your choice--wine, coffee, tea, hot chocolate--water?

Take a walk, even if it's around the room. Any room but the one you sew in.

Go kick something large and hard..no, no, NOT your DH or anyone who gets near you.

Go ram your head into a pillow and scream.

Go watch some news on TV and realize how blessed you are.

Theresa 11-18-2010 12:26 PM

Hummm, I'm thinking a glass of red wine is in order!

sueisallaboutquilts 11-18-2010 01:22 PM

Hope tomorrow is better for you!

ginnie6 11-18-2010 04:20 PM

I fixed it! Took the afternoon and watched movies with the kiddos and did some hand sewing instead. Came back in here and got to thinking ...it sewed fine till I tried to fm....hmm...I watched a youtube video on modifying your fm foot...more hmmm...undid the changes and sure enough it works like a charm! Got a pizza in the oven, another netflix movie picked out,a fire blazing in the woodstove, and a dose of some good old fashioned cold remedy to sip on. Tomorrow I finish this quilt!

Stitchnripper 11-18-2010 04:22 PM

good for you! glad to hear.

Linda1 11-18-2010 04:46 PM

Always good to hear when things work out.

jetnica 11-18-2010 04:46 PM

hooray!!

mommamac 11-18-2010 04:51 PM

some days a cup of tea & a good book are the solution to life's challenges.

#1piecemaker 11-19-2010 04:28 AM


Originally Posted by ginnie6
messes up! Grrr! I've been fighting a yucky head cold for two days now. Today I want to finish a quilt and none of my machines will work! They worked earlier this week! My Kenmore needs to go to the shop but no money....my white (my old workhorse) is suddenly not working either. I can pick up thread by turning the wheel but when I try to sew the top thread just breaks. I've rethreaded, cleaned, oiled....and anything else I could think of. So I remember the antique white rotary I got this summer.....hmmm. Nope it won't pick up thread either. So it must be me! So here I sit wanting to sew and can't. If I felt better I'd break that credit card out of the safe and go use it to buy a new machine! I'm scared to try the treadle....it was my grandmother's and I hate to mess it up too.

Change your needle and make sure you get it n the right way. that's what cured my problem.

theresa.redington 11-19-2010 04:52 AM


Originally Posted by Quilter7x
Sounds like a nap might be in order. Walking away for a while does wonders sometimes and since you're sick, you're not quite yourself anyway. Wishing you luck!

DITTO! :o)

jdavis 11-19-2010 05:44 AM

Definitely get away from the sewing until you are well rested!

Grandmama Pat 11-19-2010 05:57 AM

Things always look brighter tomorrow!! That's what my mom used to say. Sometimes it worked -- sometimes not. Anyway, I'm glad your machine works for you now.

AnnT 11-19-2010 07:04 AM

Yay you! Glad you got the problem solved. It's sooo frustrating to be sewing away and have the thread break or jam up or any of the 3 million other things that can go wrong with the machines!

Up4BigChal 11-19-2010 07:22 AM

Sounds Like you Need to Say "Everything I Touch Today Turns To Gold" Put out Positive Receive Positive. Of Course a Nap will also help. Let us know how your nap goes :-D

lillybeck 11-19-2010 07:24 AM

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Here are some pics of a quilt I did for a GD that lived with me from the age of 12 to 18 and I wanted it to be ready when she and her husband and baby visited on the 4th of July weekend. Well 1st the whack and stack went wackie and I had to hand cut everything then every needle I tried broke, then while meandering the thread kept breaking and on top of that I had to rip 6 times 2 of those being all of the center part. The happy part of these is that she was thrilled with it. I walked away from that thing many many times, One time I even threw it in the trash, LOL

iamjanet 11-19-2010 07:56 AM


Originally Posted by koko
Maybe a new needle and change of thread would fix the problems??

I totally agree. Just had that experience with embroidering. I was blaming the thread, and finally changed the needle. Problem solved.

mshawii 11-19-2010 09:05 AM


Originally Posted by lillybeck
Here are some pics of a quilt I did for a GD that lived with me from the age of 12 to 18 and I wanted it to be ready when she and her husband and baby visited on the 4th of July weekend. Well 1st the whack and stack went wackie and I had to hand cut everything then every needle I tried broke, then while meandering the thread kept breaking and on top of that I had to rip 6 times 2 of those being all of the center part. The happy part of these is that she was thrilled with it. I walked away from that thing many many times, One time I even threw it in the trash, LOL

That is a lovely quilt and good for you, sticking to it and getting it done. I know the feeling, one time I was working on a top and the blocks just looked awful and wanted to throw it under a Mack truck, but I continued and when the borders got on it I liked it. Jan

OmaForFour 11-19-2010 11:31 AM

A good shot of Wild Turkey might help. LOL

patdesign 11-19-2010 12:42 PM

Some days you cant win, Do not give up on all your machines, If a machine keeps breaking thread, it ususally is the tension, the wrong size needle, or it needs a really good cleaning. 2 days ago I was trying tofinish something on my vintage 401, it just kept jamming thread in the bobbin case, I cleaned it no help, long story short after about an hour, I realized I had put a newly wound bobbin in the machine on a NEW bobbin, guess what that bobbin does the same in another 401 that I own, so it went in the trash, and another older bobbin went in the machine and it works just like it always does.

joyceinoh 11-19-2010 12:51 PM


Originally Posted by np3
I think you all need chocolate! Lots of it!

Give me some too, Lots of it. :thumbup:

IBQUILTIN 11-19-2010 12:55 PM

Did you try putting in a new needle? Sometimes that works for me Just be sure its seated right

lizzy 11-19-2010 02:37 PM


Originally Posted by Quilter7x
Sounds like a nap might be in order. Walking away for a while does wonders sometimes and since you're sick, you're not quite yourself anyway. Wishing you luck!

Good advice, just walk away and rest. Do something else. Come back to your machines when you feel better. Things usually go better when we are feeling better.

harvsstuff 11-19-2010 02:41 PM

We have and will continue to have days like the one you had today. Take a break, have a cup of coffee, pick up a magazine , go outside and get some fresh air, get in the car and shop, just get away from the machines. It will be better tomorrow.

sheila bee 11-19-2010 03:03 PM


Originally Posted by np3
I think you all need chocolate! Lots of it!

GOOD FOR EVERYTHING !!!!

maryb119 11-19-2010 03:06 PM


Originally Posted by OmaForFour
A good shot of Wild Turkey might help. LOL

It sure couldn't hurt!! hahaha

Dawneda 11-19-2010 03:12 PM

Try again tomorrow. Hope you feel better soon.

mosquitosewgirl 11-19-2010 03:16 PM


Originally Posted by Theresa
Hummm, I'm thinking a glass of red wine is in order!

I'm with you! Especially if it goes with chocolate! LOL


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