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[ATTACH=CONFIG]619859[/ATTACH]Once in a while the top thread seems to stitch through its own loop? All my thread guides are right and I will need to cut the thread, unquiet to a corner and redo. Does anyone know how or why it does this?
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I have no clue why it happens. I have had it happen on my domestic and my longarm. I am just happy it doesn't happen very often.
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Rule of thumb is looping on top is the bobbin tension. Maybe just a bad spot when winding the bobbin. If it keeps happening, try a new bobbin.
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Not positive from the photo, but is the thread out of that last guide just before you thread the needle?
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I have it happen on occasion with the long arm--I think it might be the check spring because often the thread has jumped the check spring.
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Originally Posted by AprilM
(Post 8329039)
Not positive from the photo, but is the thread out of that last guide just before you thread the needle?
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Don't feel bad, mine does this also once in awhile. I just stop, bury my threads, start over and go on.
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I just finished FMQ'ing 2 wheelchair quilts. I use my domestic sewing machine. I had it happen 3 times on the first quilt, once on the 2nd. Going with the theory that it's a tension issue, I have some observations. On the first quilt I was using a spool of thread with not much thread left on it. (I was actually seeing if I could complete the entire quilt without changing it!!) So it's highly possible my tensions were off there. On the 2nd quilt I ran out of bobbin thread shortly after it happened. So it's likely the tensions were messed up there too.
So maybe it's a tension issue? I'd love to know exactly what is causing this. It looks so odd, like the thread goes through the eye of the needle twice although I know that's not what's really happening. |
Is there anyone who can explain what's happening in the photo that Tartan posted? Upon reflection I'm pretty sure it only happens to me when I FMQ, not when I plain old sew. So curious.......Thanks!
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The only time this happens to me is when I pushing the machine faster then the speed of my needle. I know to turn up the machine speed or slow down.
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