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Help! Tension problems? (I think)

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Help! Tension problems? (I think) (post #35401)

susannahwollman on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 22:12
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My thread is tangling underneath the fabric. I think that it is caused by tension problems, but nothing I do seems to help. This just started. The last thing I sewed was fine.

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It is possible that your (post #35401, reply #1 of 2)

by marymary in reply to susannahwollman [original] on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 07:42

It is possible that your upper thread is not seated in the tension disks.  You don't say what machine you have, but all machines have a tension disk, even if you can't see them.

Remove the thread from both the bobbincase and the upper threading and start over, preferably with a different thread just to test.. 

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Make sure you have it (post #35401, reply #2 of 2)

by stillsuesew in reply to susannahwollman [original] on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 08:10

Make sure you have it threaded correctly.  It sounds like you make not have thread through the takeup lever.