What is WRONG with my machine???
#21
I've been cleaning my machine religiously since it was new. However the other day
I used a pipe cleaner where I couldn't reach and boy did I find more lint. Thanks
to the person on QB who gave this tip. I will definitely use the pipe cleaner more
often.
I used a pipe cleaner where I couldn't reach and boy did I find more lint. Thanks
to the person on QB who gave this tip. I will definitely use the pipe cleaner more
often.
#22
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JenelTX. My machine did exactly the same this morning, skipping stitches yet I had been sewing perfectly normally with it the day before. Are they telling us they want a day off.
Ps solved my problem by changing the thread.
Ps solved my problem by changing the thread.
#26
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Along with changing the thread, make sure your thread is not rotten! A lot of us have thread that has been hanging around our sewing rooms for awhile, it does not have very long life span hanging around on a spool. Even when you buy a spool of thread from the store, it can be rotten. (I recently purchased a spool of serger thread that was rotten, it nearly drove me mad until I switched spools.)
#27
Mine did that awhile back and like to have drove me up the wall trying to figure out what was wrong. Turns out I had bought some plastic bobbins that were for a Singer. Even though they looked just alike, they did not work in my Brother. Go figure!
#28
Ok it must be the week for ALL machines to cause problems. Went in to sew the other day, and mine was all out of sorts. It would only sew in one place, it would not move. Then when I took my foot off the pedal it kept sewing!! So I tried everything, checked everything, and same thing. I called the repair guy, he had me test it, using the button on the machine to run it, same thing. He says, looks like you will have to bring it in, sigh I am in the middle of still making Christmas presents. A few hours later I was changing thing around to get it ready to go the shop the next morning, and tried it again, and it worked fine!!!!!! So now I am back to sewing.
I hope yours felt refreshed the next day and is running smoothly for you now. I think they just need a bit of time off sometimes : )....
I hope yours felt refreshed the next day and is running smoothly for you now. I think they just need a bit of time off sometimes : )....
#29
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OK, I just don't get it... I've been sewing just fine, now... issues! No matter how I adjust the tension, the bottom thread is loose, and pulls right out. It was bunching up something terrible, so I took the whole bobbin area apart and cleaned it out, and reassembled it. It made a horrible 'thud' (I thought the needle broke, honestly) then started stitching fine, except the bottom stitches are still not right.
Am I just super tired (which I am) and missing something obvious? Or is there something odd going on here??
FYI, I'm using a Brother CE7070.
Am I just super tired (which I am) and missing something obvious? Or is there something odd going on here??
FYI, I'm using a Brother CE7070.
#30
My machine has done that also and I have learned that in that situation, it's asking for a break. That usually happens when it's been on for a long time. Now I shut it off when I get up to do some cutting, pressing or anything else. Megan, that could have been your situation also. Hope you're making out well now.
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