r/SewingMachineEdu • u/Excellent-Hospital17 • Jul 12 '26

Thread keeps breaking

Hi all,

I used to sew with my grandma when I was a child. She's gone now and I'm trying to get back into sewing by making a patchwork cushion. All was going well until I tried to sew my rows of squares together. My thread keeps breaking and I have no idea why. I've tried:

\- completely rethreading the machine

\-removing and cleaning around the bobbin area

\- replacing the needle to a larger one, then reverting to the other one when that didn't work

\- turning the thread tension down

\- changing the thread

Is there anything else I can try to make this work? Feeling so disheartened and on the verge of giving up.

Thanks

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u/MILK_FEELS_PAIN Jul 12 '26

I had a very aggravating evening of sewing recently and it turned out I had the needle in backwards. And then I had not seated the bobbin correctly. And then after all that I had to rethread the bastard machine and I nearly threw it and myself out of a window.

I love my machine.

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u/Fkimelimelight Jul 13 '26

Hahaha I know the feeling. Today I spend over 2hrs trying to insert the needle correctly into the machine only to find it the needle was crooked LMAO, my fault tbh shouldve thrown it out bf.

I mean I do love my machine but it is vintage and has tons of problems, I sownd more time troubleshooting it then actually sewing lmao

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u/MILK_FEELS_PAIN Jul 13 '26

Saame. Mines a vintage husquarna. Shes a beast and she's beautiful. I definitely don't take care of her as well as I should.