Help with puckered seams

Reply Subscribe

Page 2 of 2

Thread Tools

12-15-2017, 04:58 PM

#11

cathyvv

Super Member

Join Date: Sep 2010

Location: Myrtle Beach, SC

Posts: 8,108

My thought, too.

12-15-2017, 05:35 PM

#12

bkay

Super Member

Join Date: Mar 2016

Posts: 2,834

I had a similar problem a while back. I finally figured out that I had different weights of thread on the top and the bobbin. I made two similar tops in a row and only had problems with the second one. My conclusion was the thread difference.

bkay

12-16-2017, 04:10 AM

#13

slbram17

Super Member

Join Date: Aug 2009

Location: United States

Posts: 2,222

Quote:

Originally Posted by rvsfan

I am making a log cabin on a Pfaff 4.2 with built in walking foot. Some logs are 1 1/2 and some are 2 1/2. Right at seam line where sewed, they look puckered even after pressed well with magic sizing. Any idea as what I could have done wrong? Just spoils the look of the blocks.

Maybe try a presser foot adjustment to prevent the bunching up of fabric that may be causing your seams to pucker.

https://www.thespruce.com/presser-foot-pressure-2978303

There was just a whole discussion on this board regarding this type of adjustment.

12-16-2017, 05:47 AM

#14

rvsfan

Super Member

Thread Starter

Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Posts: 1,398

Thanks everyone for wonderful tips. I plan to try them all and find one that works. I don't even know if my machine has a pressure foot pressure adjustment and it's only 6:42 AM so too early to call the Pfaff dealer. For those of you who asked, I am cutting my own logs, and using Aurifil 100% cotton thread top and bottom, with the IDT (walking foot) engaged. Thanks for all your help.

12-16-2017, 10:00 AM

#15

RosaSharon

Senior Member

Join Date: Jan 2014

Location: Beautiful Oregon

Posts: 320

Quote:

Originally Posted by rvsfan

I could be mistaken, but I think I have that same model of Pfaff. Push the "tools" button. (It is a toggle button.) There you find the pressure for the foot. I always decrease mine by only one increment. You have to push the "tools" button again to get back to your main menu.