sewing thread

i am using coats and clark for routine sewing--occasionaly the thread breaks
as fuz accumulates on the needle ( using schmetz needles) i think the fuzz
ultimately
prevents the thread from moving and it breaks

any help is apprciated

peter

Posted by IMS on May 3, 2008, 9:15 am

wrote:

>i am using coats and clark for routine sewing--occasionaly the thread breaks

>as fuz accumulates on the needle ( using schmetz needles) i think the fuzz

>ultimately

>prevents the thread from moving and it breaks

>any help is apprciated

>peter

It's not always the thread. I use C&C a lot with no problem.

Is your machine in clean, running order?

Are you regularly changing to a new needle?

Are you using the correct needle for the type of fabric you're sewing?

http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/t00185.asp

-Irene

Posted by Phaedrine Stonebridge on May 4, 2008, 4:40 pm

wrote:

> i am using coats and clark for routine sewing--occasionaly the thread breaks

> as fuz accumulates on the needle ( using schmetz needles) i think the fuzz

> ultimately

> prevents the thread from moving and it breaks

> any help is apprciated

> peter

If fuzz is accumulating on the needle, then your thread could be the
problem. However, I do have C&C thread that seems to work OK--- not
great but OK. One way to determine if it is the thread is to switch to
a more consistently reliable type of thread--- like Mettler for
instance. If it still happens, you'll know it isn't the thread.

Check your needle size against the kind of thread. It might also be
that your needle has too small a hole for the thread type or is even too
large. Here is a chart that might help you:

<http://www.gwsms.com/didyouknow.htm>

Good luck!
--
"The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time
with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson

Posted by perrylep on May 7, 2008, 10:47 am

I know that my sewing machine mechanic told me years ago that retailers
contract with the manufacturers to make what appears to be the same thread,
but actually is substandard..so that they can save money, but still look
like they are selling a well known product. I had that same problem with
thread, balling up on the needle, switched to buying the same C/C thread
from fabric store and problem gone.

A friend of mine who works at a garden tool manufacturer told me the wally
world contracts them to build shovels hoes etc, but to make them less
sturdy than what is sold elsewhere, but to market them basically as the
same.

Perry

Posted by Phaedrine Stonebridge on May 7, 2008, 12:27 pm

> I know that my sewing machine mechanic told me years ago that retailers

> contract with the manufacturers to make what appears to be the same thread,

> but actually is substandard..so that they can save money, but still look

> like they are selling a well known product. I had that same problem with

> thread, balling up on the needle, switched to buying the same C/C thread

> from fabric store and problem gone.

> A friend of mine who works at a garden tool manufacturer told me the wally

> world contracts them to build shovels hoes etc, but to make them less

> sturdy than what is sold elsewhere, but to market them basically as the

> same.

What a world... what a world.

Phae
--
"The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time
with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson

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