out ( I always clean the bobbin race when I put in a new bobbin...so I did that again ) no lint to speak of, put in a new bobbin, clipped the tangled mess and decided to finish the design( it was a test ). Well ...the machine stitched just fine BUT...the bobbin thread was the main colour on the top! I played with the tensions and checked that it was in the right way but I finally gave up and walked away! I tried to ask for advice last night but the site was too full.Before I try again can someone give advice please? Thanks.

oh that's awful if it happens!! well you got a lot of advices.and if nothing helps one last advise,cry,jell, be angry or disappointed for a while, then take it as it is and start over again.good luck next time.hugs and *4u

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by chenille 09 Sep 2009

Thanks!

Hi Chenille, good advice all round, hope you managed to solve the problem.

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by chenille 09 Sep 2009

Think I've got it.... Thanks!

I'm wondering how things turned out. When I have difficulty, I end up rethreading everything like sewmom said. Of course trimming the mess I ended up with underneath, take a deep breath and say a little pray... hehehe!!!

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by chenille 09 Sep 2009

Thanks I think I have it right now. I put in a new bobbin and it seemed fine...will try in earnest today. Thanks!

Chenille, I'm wondering how u have made out. Is the problem fixed & if so how did you do it? *4U

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by chenille 09 Sep 2009

Thanks! I tried a new bobbin...one that I wound myself and it seems fine now.

Sewmom gave you just about everything I could think of but one. Check the path of your top thread, it could be hanging up on something that inadvertently got in the way and is holding back the thread or otherwise causing the top tension to be to tight. It could be anything from a burr on the spool to something caught an unseen section in the thread's path. Also, do change the needle. The first bird's nest might have bent it or dulled it.

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by chenille 09 Sep 2009

Good idea, I will do that too! Thanks!

Oh my Chenille! I had the same trouble last week while doing a robe for my FIL birthday. I cheated and rewound the bobbin with the same thread color to pull off the design. I had forgotten about the trouble until you posted. I will do a test first. Good luck and let us know how it is solved!

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by chenille 09 Sep 2009

Thanks, good to know that others have had the same problem.

Hi, Chenille, try all of what Sewmom said. Also, one time I got a really bad nest, and there was some thread underneath the bobbin case, hidden very well, which my dealer ended up finding. But it really sounds like you somehow missed the bobbin tension when you put the bobbin back in. It's easy to do that when you're so frustrated, believe me! Hope it works out ok for you now, let us know. Hugs, Marji

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by chenille 09 Sep 2009

Will try again today...Yesterday I went back and replaced the "new" prewound bobbin with one of my own that I had wound and it seemed fine again with a small test. Thanks for the advice!

I woold do what sewmom has suggested. Hope you get up and sewing again with your machine behaving itself

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by chenille 09 Sep 2009

Thanks!

What sewmom said is right. Sometimes if I rethread both bobbin and thread it makes a big difference.
Good luck :o)

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by chenille 09 Sep 2009

Thanks!

Give us an update later on how it's going. Maybe someone else will give some suggestions. You could also call your dealer for advice.

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by chenille 09 Sep 2009

Well here is the update..I replaced the prewound bobbin with one that I had wound and it seemed fine on a small test,so I left it. (didn't want to jinx it! haha) I am going back to retry the original design. I have used the pre wound bobbins before with no problem. Has anyone else had problems with the ones that are wound on the little plastic center? I still have most of the box (144 ) that DH got me so I'm hoping that it is just a little glitch and that I can use them again otherwise I guess I will rewind them onto my regular bobbins ( boo, hiss ) My machine is a smaller model and the regular bobbins won't fit, so I don"t have too many. I ordered some that were supposed to fit but they were too high and I had a real mess when I tried them! (don't ask!) Thanks again for all the help!

Could be several things but I'll give it a shot. Cleaning and checking the bobbin was the right thing to start with.
Re-thread everything, maybe the top thread wasn't in the right tension spots.
Re-wind the bobbin in case it wasn't wound right. Do you have the correct bobbin thread for your machine?
Change the needle, (not as likely to be the problem).
Sometimes if the top thread is showing then you do have to change the tension manually but it's odd that it was doing OK until you changed colors. That makes me think the top thread wasn't in right.
Has the stabilizer changed with all of the stitches? Is it tearing away?

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by chenille 08 Sep 2009

Thanks,will go and try all of the above. I use pre-wound bobbins, and the stabilizer is the same. I tried some small patterns in the same hooping since it was already trashed, but the bobbin thread was the predominant colour still.

First thing to check is that the bobbin thread really did go through the bobbin tension when you rethreaded it. - a very easy thing to miss.When you pull gently on the bobbin thread is there some resistance? hope this helps, hugs and *, Lois

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by chenille 08 Sep 2009

I'll give this a try, thanks. I just hpe it isn't anything too serious.