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Fabric puckering
I am piecing pinwheels with 2 Moda cotton fabrics; one white and one blue. The white always puckers a bit whether it’s on the top or bottom. Tension seems to be ok.
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Is it actually gathering the fabric? If so, it sounds like a tension issue. If you can press the pieces and the wrinkles iron out, it might be a dull needle. Check the thread oath coming from the spool. Once in a while mine with get caught around the extra spool pin without me noticing and it puckers the sewing and then breaks the thread.
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Try starching the white fabric, maybe it just needs more body.
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When that happens, I lay down newsprint first, then fabric and sew.
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I find this happens when I have a dull needle.
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If this happens to me then I always put the fabric that is puckering on the bottom next to the bobbin carrier. Someone told me always put the looser fabric on the bottom. I remember this by "baggie on the bottom".
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Originally Posted by juliasb
(Post 8456521)
I find this happens when I have a dull needle.
And tissue paper/adding machine roll stabilizer can't hurt, either. Plus liquid thread lube up top and or stick the needle in sewers magic (solid conditioner). |
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