kkpc_gaelle

Linda K, you are so right about being lucky to have knowledgeable experts around you. I would love to learn from ppl local to me. I feel I am already learning so much from what is available online. If anyone happens to know of such a person or group of people in the Montreal, QC area, please let me know.

QultingaddictUK

I did a search for you and found a really useful site: http://www.singer-featherweight.com/ and one of the tips he states, and I use and teach my pupils to do is to use a "thread catcher"

Q: How can I avoid thread jams around the bobbin area?

A: Best prevention is to use a 'thread catcher' or 'anchor cloth'. It is called by different names. It is just the practice of always running off onto a scrap of cloth when you finish a seam and then start the next seam from the scrap. The practice saves thread as well as frustration. It takes a little while to get used to always running off onto the scrap but well worth the effort."

This page tells you all about them, and how useful they are! http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/...-and-hows.html I love Bonnie Hunters site and she gives such wonderful advice and patterns all FREE!

I adore your machine and am green with envy, do let us know how you get on.

purplefiend

"Q: How can I avoid thread jams around the bobbin area?"

NEVER turn the hand wheel backwards, that's what causes the thread jams in the bobbin area. They are a chore to get all the thread out. I have a black Singer 301 and I got a thread out from behind the bobbin case base and it was about 2" long; my machine works so much better now.

k9dancer

A FW threads from right to left. Be sure the flat side of the needle faces left.

neenee586

Congrats on the FW purchase! Make sure you also have the correct bobbin before you order the bobbin holder.
Neenee

dredick

Be sure you are placing the bobbin in correctly, it should trun clockwise with the thread spinning clockwise.
May also have to have the machine timed. This would correct threads not catching.
Dawn

littlesurfer

You do have a featherweight and the bobbin case is the correct one. Don't give up...you will get it working properly. Check your bobbin and bobbin case for any rough areas that might be causing the thread to snag.