Tension problems. Please help!
#41
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Try threading bottom thread through little hole on bobbin case if it has one. My bernina works better with some threads when I do that,
completely re thread top and bottom from scratch. Sometimes this works with my singer, no idea why .
Do you have same thread top and bottom? Neutralise everything and go slow increasing and decreasing top then bottom until you find a good stitch. This I would only do as an emergency as it takes ages moving one at a time and keeping note.
completely re thread top and bottom from scratch. Sometimes this works with my singer, no idea why .
Do you have same thread top and bottom? Neutralise everything and go slow increasing and decreasing top then bottom until you find a good stitch. This I would only do as an emergency as it takes ages moving one at a time and keeping note.
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I have gone back and reread all of the posts, and the one thing no one has mentioned, when suddenly having this kind of problem, especially when starting a new project, is have you checked your needle size? Sometimes we forget about 'fixing the seam in the jeans' moments, when we need a heavier needle, and then when we go back to the usual fabric without changing the needle, you can have the problems that you describe.
#44
I had that problem awhile ago and the problem was polyester thread on the top and cotton thread in the bobbin (or vise-versa, can't remember for sure), but when I put the same thread on top and in on the bobbin, it all worked out fine.
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