Onebyone

Stacked wound thread has to wind off horizontal. Cross wound thread has to come off over the top of the spool. See why here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnO5K6AA2sY

grandmasieg

http://so-sew-easy.com/vertical-hori...thread-holder/
I have found that this does make a big difference on my sewing machine. However, for my embroidery machine, she likes her spools of embroidery thread to be vertical and placed behind the machine.

SharonTheriault

Boy did I learn a lot from your site. Thanks for putting the thread video up.

meanmom

My machine hates Guetterman thread and won't sew with it. I saw online to put a small piece of moleskin on your machine above the needle where the thread will go across it. They put sewers aide on it. I haven't tried it but it sounded like a good idea. They recommended it for sewing with metallic thread.

lfletcher

I was sewing straight lines on a stack of 5 fabrics plus batting to make a chenille quilt and my thread kept shredding. I have a chart on what size needle to use with what type of thread and I had never had this problem before. I finally went up to a larger needle and that solved it.

Calran

Try sewing on another fabric, if it is still happening it may be your machine. If not probably the thread. Worth a try.

purplefiend

Since she is sewing with Minky, she needs a ball point needle.

carolynjo

Treasureit, most machines have more than one way to allow the spool to feed thread. Some thread pins are straight on the top of the machine, but some will lie side ways so the thread feeds off horizontally and then sometimes, if you use cone thread, that requires a heavy Thread Pro to sit behind the machine and an arm feeds the thread across the top of the machine. (There's always one more than one way to "skin that cat."

Treasureit

Thanks for all the suggestions...I tried many of them, but still had issues...just not as often. I finished and hope it was just that fabric and not my machine...I will check it tomorrow to see if it works ok again. love this thread and all the willing sharing!

suenichols

Take a piece of nylon from pantyhose and rub it across the needleplate. There may be a burr on the needleplate. You might also do the same thing with the hook. If you have a burr, use an emory cloth to smooth it out.