My modern Brother machine had been very trouble free for the 18 months I have had it. It was great and had 80 decorative stitches, was a strong stitcher, etc. I had no complaints about it at all.

About 3 weeks ago it started acting really strange, tangling bobbin thread, breaking top thread at the feeddogs, not moving the fabric through right. I set it on the floor and took out my vintage Singer 301 and Featherweight and finished a couple of projects.

Last night DH helped me get the needle plate off to take a look. Well, goodness!! No wonder it was acting strange!! I realized not once had I taken that plate off, and every single nook, cranny, spring, space, crack, feeddog track and all was packed solid with lint.

DUH!!! I just hadn't thought about it, since it's a drop in bobbin in front of the foot.

SO....CLEAN YOUR MACHINE!! I should post that over my thread rack on the wall. Sorry, little Brother machine....I promise not to neglect you again!!

thanks for reminding us so this will help others in the future

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Oh My...

Every time my brother goes to acting up I give it a good cleaning and oiling and then it's fine. Glad you found out what it was.

I have a good friend who is a Brother dealer. He can tell you how many people bring in their machines that they think are broken and it is just they have forgotten to clean them out. He has pictures posted of some of the stuff he has taken out of a machine. One time he took out at least two cups of lint...I saw that one.

Good advice ladies.

thanks for the reminder!

LOL - I'm going to make you a sign. :) Glad you got it fixed at no cost.

Yep, my Viking hates lint.

We want happy machines!