I'm making my mom a quilt for Christmas. I put it out the quilting frame last night with plans to get up early today and quilt it. Well, I have been working on it all day and only have it 2/3 done. The thread keeps breaking after about 3 inches of stitches. I finally decided to oil my machine tonight and start again in the morning. Vent over. Thanks for listening!

We all need to vent sometimes. Better luck in the morning.

Always glad to listen to vents, helps doesn't it. Think positive, tomorrow is another day.

I have about the same progress report on the one I'm doing...only it is being hand quilted and I haven't worked on it for over a week. Hope I get my act together and get it done!

Someone posted to oil the shuttle thing the bobbin sits in she read it in a long arm book might help. Hope tomorrow is much better!!

Hope it all works out better in the morning. sometimes it is just best to walk away and come back to it later,

I hope it all works out for you.

I find that when my thread breaks a lot, I need a new needle. Have you tried that? I am sure your mom will love it, even if you have to give it to her unfinished with the promise to finish it after Christmas.

maybe tension or the quilt top is too tight...also my thread gets dry sometimes and I have to spritz it with water,,,very dry in colorado...

(((HUGS))) Hope it goes better for you in the morning :D:D:D

Sometimes you just have to get up and move away from your sewing machine. When I find something like that happening again and again....it's my clue to get up an do something else for awhile. If you got 2/3 of the way through, you must have been cranking....give yourself an hour....go back, change the needle, rethread the machine and take the bobbin out and put it back in...and then start again. I find that sometimes the machine and I just need a break!!

We have all had days like that!! Maybe start fresh in the morning, hope it works out for you

It always seems that my machine fixes itself after I turn it off and leave the sewing room. Guess maybe I have elves?

Pat

Hang in there...though letting it sit overnight is the best plan for right now. Knowing when to walk away for awhile wise.

My thread was breaking also this morn. Put in a new needle and it did not break anymore. Good luck

Put the thread in a plastic bag with some drops of water and put it in the freezer over night. I don't know where you live but right now it is so very dry here and I think this effects the thread a lot.

When the tread on my LA was that way I found it was a defective thread. I tested it by trying to break that thread and another thread that I knew was OK. I took it back to the store and they agreed ... it was just plain defective. They gave me a free replacement cone.

ali

Good luck!

Hope tomorrow is better for you. :)

Thanks for the encouragement and suggestions. It did go smoother on Sunday. I was able to get it completely quilted. I think the water spritz helped because I am in the Texas Panhandle and it is extremely dry. I also used double batting which I will not do again. The quilt is warm and heavy. I should be able to get the binding on before Christmas. So, all is well now!

I'll post a picture when I am done.