Featherweight skipping stitches
03-13-2011, 09:11 AM
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By the time your get this I hope your machine is stitching good again. If it's not, it sounds like the pressor foot height is not where it should be. I believe I read that the skipped stitches begin right after the pressor foot goes "up and over" the seam. Would it be that the pressor foot needs to be lowered just a tad to hold the fabric down so the stitches can be formed. It may be just a tad to high as it comes over the
03-13-2011, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
FWs needs the Singer needle. There is a difference in the needle eye and length. I buy Singer needles to use just for my vintage Singers. Other brand will work but for perfect stitches try the Singer needles.
03-13-2011, 09:20 AM
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With thread, the bigger the # the thinner the thread. With needles, the bigger the # the bigger the needle. But my mom hasn't given me her Featherweight yet, so I can't help you with the thread/skipped stitches issue.
03-13-2011, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
For skipped stitches, check to make sure that you're not using a "universal" needle. Universals were intended to bridge the gap between sewing on wovens vs. sewing on knits, so that the home sewer didn't have to try to keep two different types of points on hand. But, they don't sew wovens as well as sharps and they don't sew knits as well as ball points.
For skipped stitches using a "normal" (sharp) needle, (as long as the thread isn't shredding, too) I would first suspect that the needle or the eye is too large. Try an 80/12 or a 70/10.
If the thread is shredding as well as skipping, go to a large eye in the same size or go up a size or two until you find the one that holds the thread correctly in the groove along the needle.
With the right combination of needle and tensions, a FW will sew with any kind of thread - they were made to use even size 100 silks up to very heavy threads. :)
For skipped stitches using a "normal" (sharp) needle, (as long as the thread isn't shredding, too) I would first suspect that the needle or the eye is too large. Try an 80/12 or a 70/10.
If the thread is shredding as well as skipping, go to a large eye in the same size or go up a size or two until you find the one that holds the thread correctly in the groove along the needle.
With the right combination of needle and tensions, a FW will sew with any kind of thread - they were made to use even size 100 silks up to very heavy threads. :)
I honestly don't think it's a needle issue either, because this only happens in one spot, same spot every time (just after the seam), but everywhere else, there isn't a single missed stitch or issue of any kind...
03-13-2011, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Bobbielinks
By the time your get this I hope your machine is stitching good again. If it's not, it sounds like the pressor foot height is not where it should be. I believe I read that the skipped stitches begin right after the pressor foot goes "up and over" the seam. Would it be that the pressor foot needs to be lowered just a tad to hold the fabric down so the stitches can be formed. It may be just a tad to high as it comes over the
03-20-2011, 06:15 PM
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I use Schmetz sharp or microtex 80/12 needles in all my vintage machines when I'm piecing quilt blocks and I don't have any skipped stitches or other problems. I haven't had good experiences with the Singer needles that are sold now.
When I quilt with my full size Singers I use a 90/14 or
100/16 top stitching needle. The smaller the number, the smaller the needle. Thread is the opposite.
When I quilt with my full size Singers I use a 90/14 or
100/16 top stitching needle. The smaller the number, the smaller the needle. Thread is the opposite.
03-20-2011, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by deema
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
FWs needs the Singer needle. There is a difference in the needle eye and length. I buy Singer needles to use just for my vintage Singers. Other brand will work but for perfect stitches try the Singer needles.
Berninas have their own system for some machines. many machines do not like the cotton covered poly thread. tend
to think it may be the pressure knob. try turning it a little each way & see what happens.
04-30-2011, 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by deema
Originally Posted by Bobbielinks
By the time your get this I hope your machine is stitching good again. If it's not, it sounds like the pressor foot height is not where it should be. I believe I read that the skipped stitches begin right after the pressor foot goes "up and over" the seam. Would it be that the pressor foot needs to be lowered just a tad to hold the fabric down so the stitches can be formed. It may be just a tad to high as it comes over the
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