Featherweight skipping stitches
08-03-2011, 06:27 PM
#21
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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.
08-03-2011, 07:02 PM
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You need to try using a "hump jumper". When used before and after a seam, it keeps the presser foot level as it stitches over and completely crosses the hump caused by the seam you are stitching over.
08-25-2011, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by deema
Originally Posted by LindaR
MY FW hates bottomline bobbin thread...lots of skipped stitches..try another kind of thread
The ONLY place it's skipping is immediately after a seam. It has no trouble getting over the seam, but as soon as it's over it, it skips a bunch and sews fine until *just* after the next seam. I'm thinking it's more of a mechanical issue...it's like...
Ok, we're going good (2layers)...oh, here comes a seam...(4layers), still ok...WHAT!? Back to two layers!? skip skip skip skip...ok, I get it...sew just fine (2layers)...seam (4layers) is ok...WHAT?!
Like the machine can't handle the transition BACK to just two layers of fabric from the thicker seam. Once the back end of the presser foot is over the seam, it sews fine. Am I making sense? lol
The problem arises when you go over the thicker seam area, and are descending, part of the foot is still up. The pressure is uneven, so a good stitch doesn't form. Hope this makes sense. PM me if you want me to send a pic of the hump jumper.
08-25-2011, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by pgthom
Originally Posted by deema
Originally Posted by LindaR
MY FW hates bottomline bobbin thread...lots of skipped stitches..try another kind of thread
The ONLY place it's skipping is immediately after a seam. It has no trouble getting over the seam, but as soon as it's over it, it skips a bunch and sews fine until *just* after the next seam. I'm thinking it's more of a mechanical issue...it's like...
Ok, we're going good (2layers)...oh, here comes a seam...(4layers), still ok...WHAT!? Back to two layers!? skip skip skip skip...ok, I get it...sew just fine (2layers)...seam (4layers) is ok...WHAT?!
Like the machine can't handle the transition BACK to just two layers of fabric from the thicker seam. Once the back end of the presser foot is over the seam, it sews fine. Am I making sense? lol
The problem arises when you go over the thicker seam area, and are descending, part of the foot is still up. The pressure is uneven, so a good stitch doesn't form. Hope this makes sense. PM me if you want me to send a pic of the hump jumper.
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08-25-2011, 05:31 PM
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I had to use a hump jumper, otherwise known as a thinga-ma-jig all the time on my Viking Rose and that's a more modern machine than a FW. It's a pain to use every seam when joining so that's why I only embroider on the Rose.
08-25-2011, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by pgthom
Originally Posted by deema
Originally Posted by LindaR
MY FW hates bottomline bobbin thread...lots of skipped stitches..try another kind of thread
The ONLY place it's skipping is immediately after a seam. It has no trouble getting over the seam, but as soon as it's over it, it skips a bunch and sews fine until *just* after the next seam. I'm thinking it's more of a mechanical issue...it's like...
Ok, we're going good (2layers)...oh, here comes a seam...(4layers), still ok...WHAT!? Back to two layers!? skip skip skip skip...ok, I get it...sew just fine (2layers)...seam (4layers) is ok...WHAT?!
Like the machine can't handle the transition BACK to just two layers of fabric from the thicker seam. Once the back end of the presser foot is over the seam, it sews fine. Am I making sense? lol
The problem arises when you go over the thicker seam area, and are descending, part of the foot is still up. The pressure is uneven, so a good stitch doesn't form. Hope this makes sense. PM me if you want me to send a pic of the hump jumper.
Tool from the front
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From the side. See one end is thinner, one thicker
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Going up the bump, thinner end being used
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Going off the bump, thicker end in use
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In use, seen from the front.
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08-25-2011, 08:02 PM
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Also, check feed dogs for accumulation of lint. My FW was sewing funny with skipped stitches and varying stitch length. Repairman found bent needle, lint in feed dogs and bobbin in backwards. All fixed- my baby again sews like a charm.
08-25-2011, 08:28 PM
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My featherweight loves Gutterman thread. I get it when it is on sale. Where does everyone set their tension? My son dialed mine to zero and I can't remember where it was... It was sewing perfectly until Joshie made adjustments!
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