Please tell me I'm not alone
 

I can't be the only one who does things like this: spends 90 minutes and wastes miles of thread before realizing that the problem isn't the machine tension, it's that the bobbin is threaded wrong. D'oh.

Oh boy you are not alone!!! We all have those days!!!!

Ah yes a been there done that situation. You are not alone ;)

Love your black and white babies on your avatar.
No, you are not alone, we have all done something like this.

you are not alone!!!

You are not alone. Once I was chain piecing and did about 30 pieces before I realized the bobbin had run out, among other things.

That, or I threaded the needle incorrectly...arrrggghhhh!

are you sure you didn't do that to make me feel better? I spent over an hour fmq ing and making rats nests on the bottom. I am still!!*** unsewing. It was a nice pinwheel block. I feel SO Stupid sometimes. Tommorow Will BE Better.

yes it was because the bobbin was threaded WRONG. sigh.

If it makes you feel better after reading this I was like "You can thread a bobbin wrong?" I then googled it and went "Ohhh...that's why my machine does that..."

Once spent an interesting :rolleyes: afternoon swearing at my machine and cursing like a sailor (no offence to sailors...) because I couldn't get the tension right. Just before I threw the machine and probably myself to follow, through the window, I discovered the bobbin in back to front. Oh how we live and learn!

Glad I'm not the only one who does things like this! I think sometimes we concentrate so hard on the 'difficult' bits that the 'easy' things get forgotten!

I feel so much better now!

Oh My, you made me LOL! I think we have all done that, at one time or another.

i love sitting for an hour and then only realize that the machine wasnt threaded correctly. but only after ruini g the fabric i was working on. ahhhh the joys of not paying supper close attention.

Took me almost a year to realize my bobbin case was MISSING the tension screw. no idea if it was missing when I bought the machine, but took the repair guy about 3 seconds to install a new one. I've been good to go since! And sewing a beautiful curve together, with no thread in bobbin, been there, done that!

Good time to laugh, take a break and enjoy!

These problems used to make me CRY! Now I consider it a class in troubleshooting my machine. Next time, I say (like I'm a sewing machine tech or something) I know what is wrong and how to fix it!

Nope or the top thread was wrong. Very frustrating and always feel like an idiot

Oh, you are so not alone! Last week I discovered that I had not been threading the machine correctly to wind the bobbin. I have only had the machine for 10 years! Granted it does wind the bobbin tighter and sews like a dream now.
I will also confess that I broke down and cried last week because I could not get the darn 1/4" seam just right. I bought a 1/4" pressure foot and would you believe it is w o n d e r f u l !! Also treated myself to a rotating cutting mat, a small rotary cutter for convenience, and a brand new ergonomic seam ripper. I feel better now :)

The reason the book stays with my sewing machine has nothing to do with organization. I consult it periodically to make sure I'm threading the bobbin correctly, because I don't always.

Been there, done that!

You want to know if every body else does stuff like this! I think, yes!
peace

No not alone. I have been told if you re-thread your needle also re-thread your bobbin. Do I do this? NOT

Nope you are not the only one. I am taking a break before I fix my mess.

Certainly, we al have those days. We are, after all, human

Okay, I give! How do you thread a bobbin wrong?

It's hard to explain - the thread wasn't in the right little grooves. It takes talent to mess that up!!

I spent an hour & a half trying to get my serger threaded right, the thread just kept breaking, until I realized one of the needles had slipped down about a quarter of an inch, the screw had worked its way loose. Got that problem fixed and no more problems.

[QUOTE=Knitette;5874449]Once spent an interesting :rolleyes: afternoon swearing at my machine and cursing like a sailor (no offence to sailors...) because I couldn't get the tension right. Just before I threw the machine and probably myself to follow, through the window, I discovered the bobbin in back to front. Oh how we live and learn![/Q

I never use profanity except in the sewing room!!!

I've sewn for miles before realizing I had no bobbin thread!

I have a drop in bobbin on my Babylock. Kept having problems with the stitching. Auto tension! I kept yelling at it that it had auto tension! I finally decided to rethread the whole machine and decided to do a through cleaning in the bobbin area. Took the bobbin case completely out and discover a wad of fuzz under the bobbin case. Problem solved. So now I not only do a compete rethreading, I also do a cleaning.

Oh, a fantastic tip on Fons and Porter the other day. Pipe cleaners to clean the bobbin area and under the feed dogs. DH found a large package for me the other day at Joann's for 99 cents. That should last me a while!.

I've had birds' nests on the bottom of embroidery - redid the bobbin quite a few times before I realized the thread was out of the takeup lever. You can't see the whole thread path on the machine. I've had machines do that before, and finally put a piece of tape over the opening in the takeup lever. That meant you had an "eye" there, not as convenient to thread, but the thread stayed put.

You are not alone!!

Ahhh Grasshopper: you have truly become part of the club now .. LOL

We have all done that at one time or another; sigh .. we all feel so darned silly; but then we re-thread and get over it. Tell our friends and they laugh with us !! LOL

I don't recall doing that, BUT, I have done....more times than I want to admit to......sewed about a mile down the road before I noticed that the bobbin had run out. You'd think I could learn a lesson sometime.:(

If there's a way to make a mistake, I've found a way to do it!

OK.... You arent the only one... hee hee ;)

You're definitely not alone, and to take it one step further, I've been sewing right along before discovering that I ran out of bobbin thread several feet ago. Yup, been there, done that and more than a time or two.