Help with my sewing maching.?

Question

Hi,

When I try to sew something on my sewing machine, one side looks nice the other side is a tangled mess of thread and then it gets jammed. Any ideas on what may be the problem and how do I fix the problem?

Answer 1

Mine does that sometimes too. Most of the time mine is the bobbin. If the bobbin didn't wind correctly it will stitch a few stitches correctly and then jump out of the bobbin case cause in the bottom thread to become tangled. Scrap the bobbin and wind a new one. It will just continue to frustrate you.

If it's not that then it's the tension. I have a 5 year old that likes to play with the numbers on my machine. It's about a 15 year old machine so it still has numbers for the tension knob instead of letter and he's learning math and stuff in school and wants to practice on my sewing machine. Just keep running fabric through until you relocate the correct tension for your fabric. Remember if you are using multiple layers of fabric to adjust your tension using multiple layers of the same fabric. I have my normal number written down because of my curious child. Now I know where to start.

Changing your needle can sometimes help too.

Good Luck and happy sewing.

Answer 2

Try this very quick fix: I'll bet it's the issue, especially if the mess is on the underside of the fabric:

Unthread the top completely
Raise the presser foot -- this opens the top tension disks so the thread can get between them.
Thread again, this time making sure the thread enters the tension.
When you get to the needle, you can lower the presser foot to give yourself more finger room. Raise it again to open the tension disk so you can pull out 4-6" of thread from the spool and bobbin.

To start a seam properly:
Make sure the thread takeup lever (the little jobbie that goes up and down in time with the needle) is up as far as it can go.
Place the work under the needle.
Lower the needle into the work with the handwheel while you hang on to the ends of the top and bobbin thread.
Pull the thread ends back behind the needle.
Lower the presser foot.
Hang on to the thread ends and make 1-3 stitches with the handwheel (or with the stitch-at-a-time capability of the machine is so equipped).
Let go of the thread and sew naturally.

The second part (starting a seam properly) prevents those nasty thread caterpillars at the start of a seam.

Remember:
loopies on top of the fabric = not enough bobbin tension.
loopies on the bottom of the fabric = not enough top tension.

And the top tension must be opened while threading by raising the presser foot.
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IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, and you've got symptoms of poor top tension, you may have some lint or a scrap of thread caught in the top tension. To cure this, find a piece of washed-a-million-times woven cotton (an old bandanna or a piece of sheet is perfect). Fold it in half and moisten the fold with a little rubbing alcohol or unflavored vodka. Open the top tension (presser foot up), then close the tension on the wet fold of fabric. Floss back and forth for a few inches. Open the tension and let it dry and rethread.

Answer 3

When this happens to me, it's because the thread has slipped out of the little slot on the bobbin case. Make sure that area of the machine has no little threads or dust in it, and load the bobbin into the case EXACTLY as your manual shows.
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Answer 4

Take your machine apart as far as you can then clean it all out, oil the moving parts with machine oil and then rethread it accourding to your manual. Sounds kinda like you missed a step when threading it. Your machine should probly have all the dials set in 3. Good and happy holidays
vickie

Answer 5

the 1st element you should attempt is changing the needle. whilst the needle gets uninteresting, or gets a burr on the top - your thread won't circulate easily. next, you should establish that the thread in the bobbin is a similar weight (ideally from a similar spool) with the aid of fact the thread on precise. Having mixed weights will additionally reason your thread to jam up. Then, determine that the thread on precise is in all the right channels. Take it out and re-string it nonetheless to the needle. If all of this has been regularly occurring, and you're nonetheless having problems, then you definately are having a rigidity undertaking. i might advise you're taking it in for servicing and cleansing. nearly all of the time something messes up with the device- it rather is consumer errors. we are all responsible of it in particular circumstances. the biggest mistake we make isn't changing the needles. Rule of thumb is to put in a clean needle for each garment - or a minimum of after 15 hours of stitching. in case you're rather annoyed - step remote from the device and take a injury - then bypass back and check out back.

Answer 6

Your machine may be threaded incorrectly. Check both the upper and bobbin threads.

Answer 7

Sounds like you need to adjust the tension. Consult your owners manual for exact instructions.