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?

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

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.

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

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. ****

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!

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 :)

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!!

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.

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

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.

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

I will just leave you with a *

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.

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

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