Advice on sewing machines and sewing.?

Dollars to donut holes, you've got a bad needle, a misthreaded machine, a dirty machine, or you're not starting your seams correctly. And I'll betcha what happened is that when you rethreaded, you threaded with the presser foot down. I did a series of photos of what happens with some common misthreadings of a sewing machine.

They're in pairs; the first pair is from a correctly threaded machine, the rest are from the same machine that I deliberately misthreaded. See if you find a match here -- red thread is in the bobbin, blue thread on top: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/vi... As far as cures: The 10 minute fix for most of what ails most sewing machines: -- Dig out the manual. Take all the thread out of/off of the machine.

Pull the needleplate and the bobbin case if it's removeable. Clean and oil per the manual's recommendation. Use a brush and vacuum, not compressed air (which blows lint in farther), and real sewing machine oil, not 3-in-1 type oil (it hardens and freezes the machine) nor WD-40 type stuff (it's a solvent, not a lubricant).

-- Put in a new needle of the correct point style for the fabric you're sewing (ballpoint for knits, sharps for wovens) and the.

Just a guess but when you rethreaded the top did you leave the presser foot down - this may be the cause of the problem. Remove the top thread completely and try again - this time with the presser foot up.

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