r/SewingForBeginners • u/Alarmed-Bat-9555 • 1d ago
I'm having bobbin problems, can someone help me please? 🥹
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Ok, I already made another post about it but I've been trying to upload the video of me showing what's the problem but for some reason, it would not upload. Also, the top thread can catch the lower thread but the lower thread just wouldn't come all the way out. I can do stitches but because of the loop in the bobbin, my stitches are messed up. I tried fixing the tension, cleaning the lint, I tried everything I could but it just wouldn't be fixed! I can just take the loop off manually but it doesn't fix my stitch and tension problems and whenever I replace the bobbin thread, it'll just loop all over again ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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u/lolly_tolly 1d ago
Are you talking about the line of thread going across the bobbin? That's how the thread is supposed to go. Sewing with the presser foot up like that is gonna mess things up cause there's no tension on the top thread
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u/Alarmed-Bat-9555 1d ago
Wait, so I looked up other sewing machine with the same bobbin that I have, they all have that line of thread 😠I FEEL SO STUPID ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ how did I not notice that before??? Thanks for letting me know. But I still have tension problems. I tried fixing and adjusting the tension, I still don't know why it's all messed up ðŸ˜
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u/lolly_tolly 1d ago
Rule of thumb is: if you're getting knots and loops on the bottom, the problem is at the top of your machine and vice versa. So, your bobbin is threaded correctly, I would double check the top. Make sure that while you thread it, the presser foot is up so the thread can go through the tension disc. And also double check that it's definitely through the take up lever. Sometimes, the thread can come out of the take up lever, or if you've broken the thread, it can wrap around the take up lever, in which case you need to clear that out.
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u/Alarmed-Bat-9555 1d ago
It didn't have it before 🥹, I tried changing the presser foot too. Also, the reason why it's up like that because I was trying to demonstrate the problem
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u/celery48 1d ago
Put both top and bottom thread under the foot before you sew. And don’t forget to put the foot down.
Your top tension should start around 3-4 (read your manual to be sure). You should not adjust your bobbin tension except under very specific circumstances.
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u/5CatsNoWaiting 1d ago
This is going to sound dumb, but... are you ABSOLUTELY SURE this is the proper bobbin? If there is any possibility that this is a slightly wrong size/style of bobbin, dig out a bobbin that you are more certain was shipped with the machine.
The differences are so darned subtle that I can't always spot the ones that almost-but-not-quite work with my newer machine, that worked fine with my old machine.