to get this thread to work? I hate the thought of wasting all the money that I spent on it.
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I think of thread like an ink pen that will only work for the original person using it. Your machine must have got used to the other thread and just don't like the new stuff so it probably is a tension problem or the size of the needle eye. You could also try slowing down the speed of your machine as that has helped me on a few occasions.
89895You can use it in your bobbin for FSL. I have some QA threads which I hate. It shreds and breaks and is different thicknesses, so the coverage is not always there, but I do use it in my bobbin when I do FSL with no problems at all.I can always find a colour that matches the top thread quite well.
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by queenofhearts
19 Nov 2010
1OO spools is a lot of bobbin thread, might have to really get into doing FSL.
27382Is it a rayon where you normally use a polyester thread or a very different thickness? Some have tried running 2 threads together to make it thicker, others just give up and make tassels out of it! Maybe even try a larger eyed needle? (Allstitch stock them). I have quite a few reels of Janome thread I'll never use as it tends to shred. Best of luck!
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by queenofhearts
19 Nov 2010
I'm going to try some of these tips as I have about 100 spoo;s of this thread but not today. Right now I am sick of it.
23163Oh my Rita - what brand is it? Perhaps you can make someone a deal here.
I have herd of freezing it in a zip lock bag for a day, too *4U
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by queenofhearts
19 Nov 2010
It is from California Thread and Supply (CTS). I don't remember where I got it because it was a couple of months ago. But I was looking for a particular color the other day so I tried a spool but it knots up on the bottom side and causes the machine to jam. I tried it on a couple of different designs that I knew were good but it happened every time. When I went back to the brand that I usually use the machine sewed fine.Now I have to figure out a way to salvage the project that I messed up. :(
by fannyfurkin
19 Nov 2010
I sounds like it could be feeding through to fast and tightening up your tension might help. also if you have a thread stand to relax the thread a bit more before it goes through the machine could help. As far as salvaging your project I guess you need to take it out and start over. Do you have a stitch eraser? if not try a normal shaving razor.
This is how I used to do it.
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by queenofhearts
19 Nov 2010
Picking out the design was complicated by the fact that I was working on velour. I removed as much as I could. Then begin my quest to camouflage the rest. First I embroidered a stippling design over the entire area with a matching color and I didn't use any WSS so the stitches sunk into the velour to reinforce it.I was using a design from Embroidery Library that had several co-ordinating designs in the pack. I choose another design and stitched that out over the stippling, then my original design over it. All of this was done on a test design. Then I decided what parts I wanted to leave out of the final design. I just jumped ahead when I wanted to skip something. It took me all afternonn but I am pleased with the final result and I saved a boo boo. I'll post a picture later so you can see my final design.
211079Trade with someone whose machine loves that brand. If my machine doesn't like it, I don't use it because she is stubborn and it just wrings the joy out of sewing when it keeps going wrong.
158716What sort of problem are you having with the thread? I funnily enough hate using hemmingworth, I Find it breaks all the time. I actually use QA more than any other thread. I can hear people cringing but it works better for me, I have heard it advised not to spray silicon spray on your thread, but I do because the owner of the shop where I bought my machine started his career as a machine repair man and he advised me to do that.
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