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Do new needles help?

I have had that happen before but not on a regular basis and I was puzzled as to how it could possibly happen too, but the same deal. Everything threaded still but one thread in the wrong position and no stitching.

My general solution to these issues is to totally rethread. That is to cut off at the spool end, pull all the…[Read more]

All the Art Gallery Knits have matching woven as well. I really hope Liesl has another Moda knit line though.

I was using city weekend interlock and the cotton of the same design (pink spots). Unfortunately interlock and I do not get on and the machine thought it would be nice as lunch when doing a buttonhole! I think I will just use up the rest of the interlock (of which there is quite a bit) as leggings or something.

I’ve taken it in for servicing three times. They find nothing wrong and tell me what seems logical to even me – the situation I described that happens defies the laws of physics. How does the thread become unthreaded from the needle but doesn’t break but a piece of thread has become looped through the needle not connected to the needle thread?…[Read more]

Best.news. ever.

@georgeandizzy Everything will come out at the same time.

@justsewit What line did you find matching knit and woven?

We always get so itchy, don’t we? I’ve been sitting on my hands waiting for someone else to ask! 🙂

@Todd Thank you!!!! Now I just have to be patient for another week or so. I’m so glad to know where the finish line is!

Exciting! Which will release first, O+S or L+C?

find a local shop and drop it off for repair. This may sound scary but I’m thinking it is probably some small bent thingy and a professional could take care of it with much less stress for you. Many years ago I was sewing up bathrobes for my 4 kids a week before Christmas (for gifts, becuz who doesn’t like extra stress during the holidays!) and I…[Read more]

Wooooooo hooooooo, that’s really exciting news!

I am excited!! I still need to sew up my Carousel dress so I guess I had better hurry!

We’re waiting from confirmation from the printer yet about when everything will be ready, but we’re tentatively planning on the second week in September. We’re at that point in the process where it’s mostly up to how fast the trucks can move back and forth across the country.

May I ask, what have you tried and what has been recommended to you by the repair person?

I have a Janome and I know that even though mine doesn’t pop, when the machine has come undone somewhere in the threading, it won’t chain well. Sometimes it kicks itself out of a hook somewhere and you wonder how the heck it happens but then I just have to…[Read more]

Shouldn’t be long now. It is usually around mid September to mid October.

I have what seems a unique serger problem that I’m hoping someone has experienced and can, if nothing else explain to me. I have a Singer and generally use only three threads. When I’m serging an edge as the needle goes through a thicker portion of the edge (generally where I have a seam I’m serging over) I hear a pop and the needle thread has…[Read more]

I have what seems a unique serger problem that I’m hoping someone has experienced and can, if nothing else explain to me. I have a Singer and generally use only three threads. When I’m serging an edge as the needle goes through a thicker portion of the edge (generally where I have a seam I’m serging over) I hear a pop and the needle thread has…[Read more]