Dreambro1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@sweetladytex you have to make sure the Bobbin thread is looped thru the top thread, AND be sure if you use Cotton thread, make sure ur bobbin is cotton also, or if you use synthetic, both has to be, or both has to be a mix, to assure proper tension! if that makes any sense!

MosaicMaiden (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Turn the dials to what? this was not helpful at all, I have learned more from the comments below! even the cheeky ones! :)

grandchancelor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

To adjust your tensions, do it a small amount at a time,especially at the bobbin case. An eighth of a turn at a time. Right to tighten, Left to loosen. So if your lower thread is pulling too much against your upper thread as shown in your stitch sample then loosen your lower bobbin case screw a fraction and sew it again to see if you have made a difference or not. If you have no lower tension regardless of tightening the larger screw, you probably have some debris stuck under the leaf spring.

grandchancelor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It might make things easier for those that are new, to use 2 different colors of the same weight, top and bottom. Use a flat bottomed presser foot, a light/medium weight fabric like a calico and set a medium stitch length. A guide only, all machines are different. Sew a medium length and width zigzag and you can then see if the bottom is pulling, by looking at the underneath of the fabric.. A straight stitch should look the same top and bottom.

TheHamsterz101 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

hey! sublimemadness ur nasty!!!! sorry about that filmedcouk! and ur doing good!

sublimemadness (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

eh? hold on a moment, I'm now feeling a lot of tension (mostly in my shorts)!

heylynn9577e (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Not trying to be mean, but what???? I have been sewing for a good many years and honey the tension dial on the front of the machine is for the top thread tension. The tension for the bottom thread is in the bobbin casing. The reason the stitches puckered in the middle is because your stitch length was to long. So adjusting the top knob over to the right which to me looked like a stitch length dial. So adjusting it to a lower number would make a smaller stitch thus harder to gather.

bonkev0 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

she's hot i would buy her designs lol

zexycutiepie411 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

you waste a lot of thread!

sweetladytex (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

My machine is set up properly as far as I know, but when I start sewing, the needle moves up and down but the thread never pierces and actually stitches the fabric. It just makes a ton of tiny holes in the material. Anyone know why that might happen and what I can do to correct it?