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Isn't it irritating when this happens??? I think my machine is possessed... It's sewing fine then... THAT happens on the bottom! It's ok, I'll fix it... I just had to walk away from it for a moment....
All that wasted thread..... [ATTACH=CONFIG]271747[/ATTACH] |
I suspect your top thread wasn't between the tensions discs properly. Don't despair.
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While learning to free motion quilt, I have seen far to many of these "thread arrangements". But you are correct aside from a waste of thread, it is definetely fixable. Thank you for sharing and I hope that you have no more of this type of experience.
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Isn't it great to have a place where you can vent, and everyone understands your pain!
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Originally Posted by Dee G
Isn't it great to have a place where you can vent, and everyone understands your pain!
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Originally Posted by Lacelady
I suspect your top thread wasn't between the tensions discs properly. Don't despair.
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Originally Posted by Chicca
While learning to free motion quilt, I have seen far to many of these "thread arrangements". But you are correct aside from a waste of thread, it is definetely fixable. Thank you for sharing and I hope that you have no more of this type of experience.
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i would quess that the thread jumped out of the pick up lever
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Ahhh ... yes. Bobbin vomit. I've made some of that :)
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A true confession here- sometimes I have to threaten my machines into behaving. If I feel extremely miffed, then I threaten them with a crow bar, otherwise, I am going to sell them to someone that does't love and care for them like I do. Then after a sip of something soothing, they improve their behavior.
(Since I don't have a crow bar - or if we do, I have no idea where it is- they don't know it would never happen.) |
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Ahhh ... yes. Bobbin vomit. I've made some of that :)
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yikes, that's pretty ugly!
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Yikes, I hate it when that happens!
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I have learned to recognize the sound of when my thread comes out of the upper hook. This happens to me often with one of my machines.
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That's a familiar sight for me, too. All that lovely thread wasted...so sad. On the brighter note...I just love that fabric!
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Originally Posted by grann of 6
I have learned to recognize the sound of when my thread comes out of the upper hook. This happens to me often with one of my machines.
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Originally Posted by texpat45
That's a familiar sight for me, too. All that lovely thread wasted...so sad. On the brighter note...I just love that fabric!
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Thread booger, thread snot, thread vomit....Yep we've all had our share. It usually happens to when you have only one spool of really special thread that you are trying to finish your quilt with.
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I put it out in the trees and the birds love it for there nest! and pieces aren't big enough to tangle them by the time I'm down ripping! recycle !!
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Originally Posted by quiltbugs
Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Ahhh ... yes. Bobbin vomit. I've made some of that :)
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The other day my bobbin thread wrapped around the wheel on the side & pulled off about 3/4 of a new cone of thread into a big bird's nest before i even noticed....another waste of thread!
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I hate when that happens! LOL It happens all too often.
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I seem to get those lovelies when I am sewing over the speed limit!
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Ooops. Time for a "scarlet O' Hara" moment. I'll think about it tomorrow.
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as far as FMQ ..... there is nothing to fear but fear it's self..... and on the up side - spagettie like that is easy to remove.
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Oh that looks so familar...I now use the gene bobbin and also make sure my bottom thread is pulled to the top of the quilt...doing these two things have made the bobbin nests go away....I remember how wonderful my quilt looked untill I turned it over...good thing its pretty easy to rip them out but ohhh the thread waste.
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I know what you mean. I am just going through that right now. I spent 5 hours cutting threads from tangled up fabric.
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Or your needle wasn't in correctly....don't ask me how I know that one.
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Shame you couldn't have that on top for an embellishment. Hmmm, could be interesting.
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We all share your Grrr. Hope the cuppa helped.
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cool fabric!
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
Ahhh ... yes. Bobbin vomit. I've made some of that :)
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too bad it wasn't on the top. You could then say "string art" LOL Sorry, I hate when that happens
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Sorry, but I had to laugh... how many times have I seen the exact same thing.... but I walked for months, not just a moment.... get out the scissors, seam ripper and tackle it! Good luck.
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hahahha, gotta love that "Bobbin Vomit...been there done that, hope I don't do it again.....
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I've had that happen. I agree, something with the top
tension. Couple years ago had trouble with my machine and took it to my dealer about 35 mile N. of me. After checking gobs of stuff he took the whole cover off of the machine and over on the right side (under the 'wheel') there was a birdnest of thread that would fill the palm of your hand..I mean so big it was larger than a coffee cup. Neither of us ever figured out where that thread came from or how it got in there. Puzzleing to this day. |
whoooo uuu eeeeee
twilight zone...... :?: :roll: |
I too have had that happen. I have been doing FMQ lately, a lot and I will be sewing along, hear this certain noise which I have learned mean my thread has wrapped around a guide. I learn quickly to stop and slip it off or it will break. If I slip it off I can just keep sewing. Why or how it does it I don't know.
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it makes us appreciate the machine when it doesn't happen. we have all had that experience, not fun but fixable.
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Oh! I SO sympathize. I wish I could never forget to properly lower the foot to engage the tension disks.
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