I am an inexperienced seamstress trying to make roman shades for my bedroom. I have just started to use a new machine--or new to me; it's a rebuilt Sears Kenmore machine, simple but highly serviceable. (I got a copy of the manual from Sears.)
Here's the problem. When I sew forwards and backwards and forwards again to get started and keep the thread from unravelling, the thread knots, the needle gets stuck, and I have to ease the fabric out with great care and cut through a major rat's nest of thread on the underside of the fabric.
I am currently trying to sew loop tape to a simple cotton panel in order to make Roman shades, but I have the same problem when I try to sew backwards and forwards again on scrap cotton. I think my tension is okay (?). The thread I am using is somewhat thick. I am not sure what other specifics to offer.
Can anyone tell me how to solve my problem so I can take down the old sheet that is currently covering my window?
2007-04-17
11:17:56
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