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08-28-2011, 08:28 PM
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Actually if you use the search at the top of the page, you will find lots of topics about threads. It is better to use a good quality thread for quilting. My new favorite is Aurifil, especially for piecing. It's a great thread, but expensive. I love the Superior threads King Tut Variegated threads for quilting the top and usually then use either an Aurifil, or Essential Thread in the bobbin.
08-28-2011, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by SheriR
Originally Posted by Airwick156
Is the thread new? I just learned this past week that thread does get old and rots. If you give it a slight tug on the thread if it breaks its rotten. I was told that sometimes NEW spools are rotten sometimes too but not very often.
You might want to empty out the bobbin (I know its wasting) but refill your bobbin. Change your needle, clean out the bobbin area really good too. Could you be using the wrong needle for the fabric your using?
I'm just rattling here so I am sure that someone else will come along and tell you what to do thats more knowledgeable then I am.
You might want to empty out the bobbin (I know its wasting) but refill your bobbin. Change your needle, clean out the bobbin area really good too. Could you be using the wrong needle for the fabric your using?
I'm just rattling here so I am sure that someone else will come along and tell you what to do thats more knowledgeable then I am.
08-29-2011, 01:05 AM
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Are you using an older spool of Coats & Clark, the style with the ridges around the edges? If so, that can be part of the problem. If you do use them, they work better in my Sapphire if I keep them horizontal and use the larger donut shaped thing to hold the thread on. It directs the thread away from the edges. Also, remember on some of the Vikings that there are 4 heights to the presser foot and if you don't have it all the way up when pulling the thread out, that thread will not move!
What size needle are you using? I have good luck with a 14 using that brand of thread. If you find that your machine just doesn't like it, try Aurifil. Mine loves Aurifil!
What size needle are you using? I have good luck with a 14 using that brand of thread. If you find that your machine just doesn't like it, try Aurifil. Mine loves Aurifil!
08-29-2011, 01:23 AM
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when i bought my Viking i was told at the Dealers shop to not use Coats and Clark thread- the machines do not like it-
so---my advice is change thread.
i have found my viking to be quite picky when it comes to threads-
some work wonderfully- others are nothing but frustration-
when ever i get a new thread- when i start having breakage problems- and i know i've changed the needle recently the next step is to try a different thread...i was very upset one time when i had spent $18 on a thread- only to get it home and find that machine will not allow it! so it's not just C&C threads it doesn't like.
but C&C threads are definite frustration every time...(not all C&C thread-only the basic sewing threads & dual duty are the ones my Viking will not tolerate...so, try a different thread- i bet your troubles disappear
so---my advice is change thread.
i have found my viking to be quite picky when it comes to threads-
some work wonderfully- others are nothing but frustration-
when ever i get a new thread- when i start having breakage problems- and i know i've changed the needle recently the next step is to try a different thread...i was very upset one time when i had spent $18 on a thread- only to get it home and find that machine will not allow it! so it's not just C&C threads it doesn't like.
but C&C threads are definite frustration every time...(not all C&C thread-only the basic sewing threads & dual duty are the ones my Viking will not tolerate...so, try a different thread- i bet your troubles disappear
08-29-2011, 05:23 AM
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I tried using Coats & Clark in my Viking Quilt Designer last week to practice FMQ and the tread kept shredding and breaking. I changed to a different thread and all is well. I am now using Marathon thread.
08-29-2011, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by SheriR
Originally Posted by Airwick156
Is the thread new? I just learned this past week that thread does get old and rots. If you give it a slight tug on the thread if it breaks its rotten. I was told that sometimes NEW spools are rotten sometimes too but not very often.
You might want to empty out the bobbin (I know its wasting) but refill your bobbin. Change your needle, clean out the bobbin area really good too. Could you be using the wrong needle for the fabric your using?
I'm just rattling here so I am sure that someone else will come along and tell you what to do thats more knowledgeable then I am.
You might want to empty out the bobbin (I know its wasting) but refill your bobbin. Change your needle, clean out the bobbin area really good too. Could you be using the wrong needle for the fabric your using?
I'm just rattling here so I am sure that someone else will come along and tell you what to do thats more knowledgeable then I am.
I think YOU were right...... I pulled the dumb brown thread again HARDER and it had some GIVE.... So I changed thread and VOILIA?? I'm not French... BUT IT'S SEWING.... THANK YOU ALL... No more cussing in my head... =)
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