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05-16-2011, 11:47 AM

#51

connie d

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I agree with Scissor Queen. I always lift my pressor foot. I have been sewing for years and have never had a problem. :):):)

05-16-2011, 11:57 AM

#52

lheizen

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oops I better start doing that

05-16-2011, 12:03 PM

#53

Jshep

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Farm Quilter

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolynbb

Thanks for the comments. What nanamoms said makes sense. I will gladly waste a little thread so as not to mess up the tension!

Why waste thread? Put it on a needle and use it for applique or putting binding on! :thumbup:

Or sewing on a button.

05-16-2011, 12:22 PM

#54

grammy17

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Originally Posted by jdiane318

I learn something new everyday on this board. Did not know about the thread idea at all.

Me too! Been doing it the other way all these years.

05-16-2011, 02:43 PM

#55

mar32428

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Originally Posted by KwiltyKahy

Nancy Zieman recommends this method. Her explanation is that you "floss" the thread path thus removing anything that might be in there.

This is what my Bernina repairman says. Cut at the top and pull from the needle. It does "floss" the machine and picks up little bits of fuzz etc.

05-16-2011, 04:08 PM

#56

coloradosky

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I have a Viking and started cutting the thread and pulling down and out with the presser foot up and always grumbled about wasting the thread. One day I lifted the presser foot, pulled the thread from the needle and unthreaded the thread working in reverse toward the spool. When I got to the tension area the thread was tension-free and I just lift off the spool. I have been doing it this way ever since. Hope this makes sense!

05-16-2011, 04:18 PM

#57

Eliebelle

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I JUST read about this on another site and the reasoning for wasting a bit of thread was that it was cheaper to buy thread than to replace the tension in a machine - works for me!

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Originally Posted by bluteddi

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Originally Posted by dakotamaid

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Originally Posted by jdiane318

I learn something new everyday on this board. Did not know about the thread idea at all.

Me too, however, it seems like a waste of thread to do that. (I was taught to sew by a Mom raised in the depression!)

I've never heard of this before either..

I wonder if mine is that way or not???? hmmm it does not seem to pull harder up than down...

05-16-2011, 04:36 PM

#58

Ms Elaine Va

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jan in VA

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Originally Posted by dakotamaid

Me too, however, it seems like a waste of thread to do that. (I was taught to sew by a Mom raised in the depression!)

Consider the cost of, say, a spool of thread over a few years time compared to the cost of machine repair. I'd rather doubt and do it than dare and care.

Jan in VA

Jan good point.

05-16-2011, 04:41 PM

#59

jeank

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Becka

My Gran and Mom always cut it at the top and pulled it through so that's how I do it. Just habit, right or wrong. Mom didn't so much, but Gran used to keep those little spares in a pile, and when she cleaned up she'd put them outside on the woodpile - said the birds like to use them for nesting.

Please don't put them out for the birds unless you know they are 100% cotton. Nylon, Rayon and Polyester don't disintergrate. They get tangled on little feet and can cause lots of problems for the birds.

Jean