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Posted by Pati Cook on September 5, 2006, 5:19 pm
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Please check responses within quoted message..... and note at bottom. <G>
Debra wrote
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> Here is my list of things to check when that's happening to me. I
> usually do all three of these things before I try sewing again.
>
> Bobbin inserted so that the thread is unwinding in the wrong
> direction. (I've got two machines and the bobbins unwind in opposite
> directions so I forget which is which way sometimes so I double check
> the manual.)
A hint for all bobbins..... when inserting a bobbin into a machine,the
thread must always make a "U-turn" in order to engage the tension. If
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you remember this it is easy to see how a bobbin goes into any machine. <G>
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> A short length of thread (or other stuff) lodged somewhere in your
> bobbin area. (Remove bobbin and look behind bobbin case for any
> offending thread.)
Always a good idea. Also check the feed teeth/ feeddogs for lint build
up. You would be amazed at the difference in sewing when the lint builds
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up in there. <G>
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> Something just plain threaded wrong somewhere. (Rethread the whole
> machine.)
Again, a generally good idea. Also check your thread. Make sure it isn't
"bad". And check using the same thread top and bottom.
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> If nothing helps I know it's Murphy's Law or Rebellious Machine
> Syndrome keeping the machine from working right at this time. In this
> case I just give up. Somehow the machine magically "fixes" itself
> overnight and it works perfectly the next day.
> Debra in VA
> See my quilts at
> http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere
As to the type of needle..... it depends on the Singer machine. Never
use Singer needles in non-Singer machines. They are different in length
and in the size of the "little bump below the eye on the back of the
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needle"..... <G> You can actually see the difference if you compare the
two. That is why some Singer machines really need to use Singer
needles. Some work fine with Schmetz needles, some don't. Sometimes
using the Schmetz, but not quite getting it all the way up into the
positioning slot (drop it a bare 16th of an inch, a thread or two down)
will help. But it may be that your hook is just worn enough that it
needs the extra room given by the "larger bump" in order to catch the
thread and form the stitch.
Do use Schmetz, or Organ or Klassé (or machine specific, like Bernina),
needles in all the other major brand machines. The Dritz machine
needles are, sorry to say, junk.
Hope this helps.
Pati, in PHX
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> putting in a Singer needle, it worked well. It stitching the way it
> should. I'm not sure if the machine just wanted a break or if the new
> needle was the answer.
> --
> Bonnie
> NJ
>> wrote:
>>>I've been having problems with my stitches on my Singer 15-91. I know
>>>the
>>>problem lies with the needle, which I have changed twice. The stitches
>>>keep
>>>skipping. It will sew well and then all of a sudden the threads don't
>>>catch - then it continues as if nothing was wrong. I hope I'm explaining
>>>this properly.
>>>Can anyone come up with an explanation?
>> Here is my list of things to check when that's happening to me. I
>> usually do all three of these things before I try sewing again.
>> Bobbin inserted so that the thread is unwinding in the wrong
>> direction. (I've got two machines and the bobbins unwind in opposite
>> directions so I forget which is which way sometimes so I double check
>> the manual.)
>> A short length of thread (or other stuff) lodged somewhere in your
>> bobbin area. (Remove bobbin and look behind bobbin case for any
>> offending thread.)
>> Something just plain threaded wrong somewhere. (Rethread the whole
>> machine.)
>> If nothing helps I know it's Murphy's Law or Rebellious Machine
>> Syndrome keeping the machine from working right at this time. In this
>> case I just give up. Somehow the machine magically "fixes" itself
>> overnight and it works perfectly the next day.
>> Debra in VA
>> See my quilts at
>> http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere
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