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Posted by Witchystitcher on October 8, 2009, 9:03 pm
Stitch very slowly and look at the thread as it feeds. Is it feeding
smoothly? Try a different thread. My favorite quilting thread is
so-fine. I can use Masterpiece also when using just the machine, but
not on the frame - it breaks.
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:38:29 -0700 (PDT), Musicmaker
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>Ok. I'm fighting my new machine and I just know that you who remember
>my troubles with the Baby Lock quest are going to roll your eyes and
>say it's gotta be user error. but gosh. the dealer has to special
>order the foot control cause it's missing when I take it home, and
>then it takes me plus friends and family to finally get the grace
>frame assembled, during which time a plastic part breaks and has to be
>replaced, and weeks later, the frame is loaded, the electricity is
>hooked up, the machine is threaded and I finally get ready to quilt,
>and no matter what needle I use, at any speed, the top thread
>continually breaks. Panic is touching the edges of my consciousness.
>Rethread the machine, rethread the bobbin, change the needled, lower
>the top tension - all multiple times. no luck. Yes, I pulled the
>bobbin thread up from the bottom and laid both threads under the
>darning foot. Yes, I put the presser foot down before starting. So I
>called the dealer and they tell me that the Janome 1600p takes a
>special industrial needle called the dbx-1. ??????????? so I said,
>"Don't take this the wrong way, but why didn't you tell me that when I
>bought the machine and drove 60 miles home?" "and why wasn't the
>right needle in the machine when I took it home? It was the floor
>model, after all?" uummm. hhhmmmm.
>What's the deal? Any Janome 1600P owners out there who can give me
>some tried and true tips to try with my own machine? Anyone want to
>come to Charleston IL and teach me how to machine quilt? hhhmmm?
>Musicmaker
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>my troubles with the Baby Lock quest are going to roll your eyes and
>say it's gotta be user error. but gosh. the dealer has to special
>order the foot control cause it's missing when I take it home, and
>then it takes me plus friends and family to finally get the grace
>frame assembled, during which time a plastic part breaks and has to be
>replaced, and weeks later, the frame is loaded, the electricity is
>hooked up, the machine is threaded and I finally get ready to quilt,
>and no matter what needle I use, at any speed, the top thread
>continually breaks. Panic is touching the edges of my consciousness.
>Rethread the machine, rethread the bobbin, change the needled, lower
>the top tension - all multiple times. no luck. Yes, I pulled the
>bobbin thread up from the bottom and laid both threads under the
>darning foot. Yes, I put the presser foot down before starting. So I
>called the dealer and they tell me that the Janome 1600p takes a
>special industrial needle called the dbx-1. ??????????? so I said,
>"Don't take this the wrong way, but why didn't you tell me that when I
>bought the machine and drove 60 miles home?" "and why wasn't the
>right needle in the machine when I took it home? It was the floor
>model, after all?" uummm. hhhmmmm.
>What's the deal? Any Janome 1600P owners out there who can give me
>some tried and true tips to try with my own machine? Anyone want to
>come to Charleston IL and teach me how to machine quilt? hhhmmm?
>Musicmaker