Please help me!! I have been forbade from sewing by the hubby for a couple months now. His focus has been our house - and it is just about to kill me. I told him I was going to make a comforter for our bed just so I could sew again (and he is ok with that!!)....

Oh my gosh this is 2012 not 1912 did we not burn the bra,get the vote,and a voice to say no.

I do hope you have solved your problem by now meaning sewing and hubby. I had a few good chuckles at some of the answers you were given. Happy sewing, (if thats possible LOL) Shirley

I see you've gotten plenty of suggestions about the embroidery, and the hubby. I expecially like Cindy's. However my concern is you said you Have a MC10000 that was upgraded to MC11000, that's impossible as they are two completely different machines. The MC11000 has up to a 8.5 X 9.5 field. Perhaps you meant the upgrade was to MC10001 or your dealer is scamming you. Curious to know.

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The pattern may be too dense as was stated by the person you bought the machine from. There are a few very dense patterns I have from the original source, not down sized or freebies that make my machine act up and even jam. You can try to change the number of stitches to see if that helps. This can be done in most any program that allows you to change the size of the design. I hope that helps.
Diane

First thing 'forbade' is not a nice word. Having been a battered wife for 15 years this type of thing makes my skin crawl. He needs to back off. I bet if he'd be a little more supportive the sewing problem might work it self out. Tell him to go get a beer and leave you be for a while.

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by sewfrenzie 20 Jul 2012

That word raised a few of my hairs too, as I was once a battered wife (alomst 20 yrs ago). I'm hoping thats not the case for you dear.

Try using topstitch needles as the eye is much larger. I have always heard to use the smallest needle possible, but lately have found that to not be true. I started using Viking's Inspira needles, the eyes on which have a different shape and are larger, and they are giving me much better results. Hugs. Nan W

I wish I could help, but see it happens to all your designs. I find that older thread is far more likely to break, can that be the case?
I have heard put it in the freezer for a few minutes that it helps, but not tried it myself.

I would first recommend that hubby chills. I couldn't deal with a husband who told me what to do. Mine knows that very well!
You should also try something a bit less dense than EmbLib because they are very dense designs. And try different brands of thread. I have some very expensive spools that make great decorations but I will not embroider with them!
Good luck with your project. I keep my sewing setup up all the time and no one complains about it. It is cheaper than Prozac and easier to come by than Xanax! Enjoy your sewing!!

You ladies are all so funny :) Ya'll gave me some great ideas. All of my thread is floriani except for like 2 spools! I'm not using metallic needles, because it isn't metallic thread. I'll try those 2 spools tomorrow and see what happens.

I'm gonna sneak in a quilt for the daughter too - but its a homeschool home ec project… And technically I won't be doing the sewing :)

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by 1sewnsew 20 Jul 2012

Glad to hear that you got some idea's. And that you will be doing two instead of one.

I use a drinking straw on the thread holder, and that helps the thread relax. It works great with metalics. also regular threads. Hugs, Rachel

I would send an e-mail to Emblibrary and ask for their support. Sorry to hear your hubby is not supportive, ask him if he wants to pay for therapy sessions! You are not hired help, you can make your own choices.
Hugs Cindy B

I hope your mister is willing to allow you to do some house maint and some sewing -seems fair to me. He should think himself lucky he's not married to me, LOL. Do you have some other thread you could try the same design with? Some have been known to try putting a difficult thread into the freezer for 20mins before using it, in the hope it'll be less brittle.

Are you using needles that say they are for metalic thread. Metalic needles have a larger eye and that helps to stop the fraying. You might try putting the spool of thread on the floor in a cup so that the thread has a chance to relax before it gets to the tensioner. With Emblibrary designs I have to increase them in the machine by 10% to lessen the density as their designs are very dense.

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by katrinasheffield 20 Jul 2012

Should I try metallic needles eventho it isn't metallic thread? I have some that say "topstitching" that he specifically wrote "for metallic thread" on for me. I'm fairly certain at this point - I own every type of Schmetz needle they offer and I don't have a clue when to use what one!!!

Tell me has your hubby just retired recently. Mine tried to tell me what to do and how to shop until I stood on my digs and said no. Get him a hobby preferably one that gets him out of the house. He He.
I find Jamome needles are the ones my 11000 machine loves best though I do use organ sometimes. Hugs Joyce

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by katrinasheffield 20 Jul 2012

He didn't just retire recently - and he does need a hobby. We have a golf course right across the street - you'd think he'd never be home!!!

I have a Janome 300E (way cheaper than yours, hee hee hee) and while I can sew with almost any thread in the known universe, there are several spools of Floriani that have given me nothing but grief. It breaks, shreds, drives me crazy. Have you tried a different brand of thread with the design? Is it possible that your stabilizer is too heavy for the design? My biggest problem with the Floriani thread was with designs using a weave fill, and it was hopeless for FSL. If your stabilizer is really heavy, maybe it's putting too much stress on the Floriani thread like FSL would. 25,000 stitches is not particularly dense for a 5x7 design, I wouldn't think. I have lots of designs from them, and I've sewn out 5x7 ones with at least that many stitches with no problem. I don't necessarily use Janome needles, I use titanium, or Organ, or whatever I happen to pick up. I have the awful feeling it may be that Floriani thread. I'm not the only one that's had problems with it, I notices my dealer is letting her stock deplete, I don't think she's going to be ordering more, lots of complaints, she's a Janome dealer, too. Best of luck with this, hugs, Marji

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by katrinasheffield 20 Jul 2012

Oddly enough I bought this little guy because it was cheaper than the brother 5x7 that I wanted! I want one of those big mac daddies but can't afford it…. so this I thought - was a way of getting a machine that did bigger designs without the price. Oops. Didn't work out that way. But its nice to know that maybe it is just the thread… Gives me hope!

Well to answer your question, you have gotten some good advice from the Cuties BUT the husband might have to go. Heeheeheee. (Only joking)

Its really sad when you go to one of 2 fabric stores within 45 miles of your home only to find out that its closed. No Janome needles for me today - big huge frownie face!

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by janetedna 20 Jul 2012

Shame, a long way to drive. Janome needles work for me and I certainly don't need to change them as often as other Cuties seem to, but the only thread that ever shreds on my Janome 350e is JANOME thread! Jan

well I also have this machine & I was thinking that maybe you could make sure your thread is upright & slow down the machine & if that doesnèt work then perhaps you need to change the internal settings. Good Luck

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by katrinasheffield 19 Jul 2012

upright on the post (and even the $10 attachment thingey) didn't work. I moved my machine under my husbands weight bench and then used a pant hangar (the kind that has 5 swing out arms) and put the thread on there hanging from the bench, so that it would come straight off the roll down into the machine. I found it was getting caught around the post when it was beside it. I have no idea how to make it slow down… but that may help if I can figure that out - it doesn't seem to break when it goes slower, but as soon as it speeds up - it pops.

Can't answer about the embroidery, but the husband...If you want me to cook, clean, wash, etc. then sewing/embroidery is included. If not, get someone else to cook, clean, wash etc, and I will JUST sew/embroider! Focus on house is good, sanity is better! I would go crazy not able to sew/embroider when the mood strikes. I have been known to stay up to the very wee hours to complete projects and look up to discover it is 4am! So maybe sleeping in the same bed is not an option, sewing IS!

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by katrinasheffield 19 Jul 2012

It has been KILLING me not to sew!! He asked why I was so cranky and I told him I had to put up with him and all his mess but had no way to de-stress. I can't WAIT until we get this house finished. We have only lived here 2 years - and now all of a sudden the house has to be furnished, painted… blah blah blah. Well - at least I'm allowed to sew a little now :)

I don't know your type of embroidery machine, but when the spool of metallic thread gets smaller it tends to twist more and then breaks - I always stay at the machine with gold thread and assist the thread by hand not to twist so much. Maybe this effort will be worth your while. I hope you can get through this problem. ****

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by katrinasheffield 19 Jul 2012

I do stay with it, but I'm not sure about the twisting part. I have moved the thread above so it rolls straight down, but maybe it is twisting somehow. I had previously pulled a couple yards off and let the machine just pull it in, but that didn't help either. It would still break - but I just pulled it off and let it sit there - it may have still been too twisty for it.

You can try to enlarge the design a little bit, that will decrease the density. Perhaps it helps.
Good luck!

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by katrinasheffield 19 Jul 2012

I don't think I can tho... I can only stitch 5x7 with it and even with the gigahoop I don't think I can change it much (I'm not sure - I haven't learned all that much about the giga hoop yet)

Have you had the same results with a different design or does it only happen with this one. In that case it might really be the design you're trying to stitch.

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by katrinasheffield 19 Jul 2012

Multiple designs. Free ones, paid ones, ones I've designed modified.... nothing :(

Whose design is it, an have you tried another design to see if that works?

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by katrinasheffield 19 Jul 2012

This particular design is from Emblibrary... It is victorian scroll work. I can stitch out a 4x4 design from the same collection with about 18,000 stitches on my little brother with no issues (but it only does 4x4).

I am glad he gave in to you doing the comforter.

Have you considered that your thread/needles and your spray you are using to adhere your fabric might not be working well together?

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by katrinasheffield 19 Jul 2012

Well - that's what I thought too... But I've tried paper tear away, water soluable (yea right - like thats gonna work!), the cloth type tear away with the little holes in it, and finally I just decided to play with the big dogs and pulled out extra heavy stabilizer that I use to make purses (it isn't backed or anything - just really thick). I've tried hooping the fabric and not hooping. I've tried all but 1 of the hoops I have. The only thing I haven't tried is different sticky stuff (but it breaks when its hooped too) and different needles.

When he sews with it, he only stitches designs that are small - a monogram or a small name or a design that is in the machine. I scheduled an appointment to go in and sew with one of the ladies on Sat to stitch out this design in front of them.