My DUH Moment
 

Bet everyone but me knows this. It has always annoyed that my needle unthreaded (is that a word), whenever I used my thread cutter. Just tried raising the presser foot then cutting. It's worked prefectly the 10 times i've tried it.

Do you mean the automatic cutter on the machine. Mine won't cut unless the presser foot is down. If I try it beeps.

Ah -- the little tricks we learn! Thanks for sharing.

I leave my foot down but spin the wheel until the needle is up.

My will not cut unless the presser foot is down

I have the Brother 1500 and the manual and the dealer said don't use the cutter without the foot being down. What machine do you have? If you have the Brother 1500 there are a few fixes to stop the needle from coming unthreaded.

My BL does the same thing....I hate it.....so I have gone back to L&Es...get two for the price of one that way!

Ah, those darn new fangled machines! ;)

I have a Janome 7700 and use the automatic cutter all the time and my needle has never unthreaded. I leave the presser foot down.

My Janome 6600 won't cut unless the presser foot is down. Never comes unthreaded. Maybe there is an adjustment that can be made.

Oops, forgot to say I have a Juki 2000Qi. It doesn't happen on my Juki 600.

I sewed on my friend's Janome 6600 and I couldn't help break the old habit of foot up first!!!

You are NOT alone !!! :)

Amazing what technology teaches us ~! ;-)

It is an adjustment your tech can make that will leave thread long enough.

If mine unthreaded every time I used the thread cutter, I would take it back to who I bought it from. I use my thread cutter constantly and the foot has to be down.

I have no idea if I have the foot up or down when I use the thread cutter!

I have to try this out, I used my thread cutter "once" since I got my new machine & it unthreaded the needle too, I hope my machine will let me do it

My 6600 comes unthreaded hmmm. Maybe someday I'll figure out some way. Ya know where theres a will.....

It probably needs a slight adjustment. Take it back to your dealer and it should be an easy fix for him.

My Babylock won't cut the thread unless the foot is down, and the only time it comes unthreaded is if I use specific brands of threads. Other specific brands of thread work fine every time. So I'm guessing your machine is fussy about brands of thread, and there should be brands which do not unthread. Experiment with a variety of brands of thread. For me Gutterman thread works great, as do some others.

My Ellisimo raises the presser foot automatically after the cutter cuts the thread. I've never had a problem with the needle comim-ng unthreaded.