12 years ago
I hadn't taken this painted lady out for a while ---
The last time I ran her, she did just fine, but then….I wasn't sewing through PAPER!
Would paper make a big difference? I wouldn't have thought so…..
But I had been pulling my hair out over her all last evening…..and let me tell you, when you are in fairly rural South Carolina, you don’t want to have to find a Walmart around 8 to 10 miles away after 9:30 at night just to see if by chance they do still carry machine needles.
See this lovely seam? This is what she does when simply sewing through two layers of fabric.
Add a layer of paper…and this is what you get!
((This is the back side, paper is on the top!))
I checked websites –some said to scootch the needle down just a hair, and perhaps rotate it to make better contact with the hook. THIS is what I got. ARGH!
I checked for lint in the bobbin case. I made sure the thread was coming off the bobbin counter-clock wise….I reset the needle ----
Therein lies my problem. I forgot my regular “grab and go” sewing box that has things like spare needles of various sizes and rotary blades and lint brush and – well, you know…STUFF. At home.
Therein lies my problem. I forgot my regular “grab and go” sewing box that has things like spare needles of various sizes and rotary blades and lint brush and – well, you know…STUFF. At home.
I read on one forum to change the SIZE of the needle…and make sure the size of thread you are using is not too large or too small for the needle size you have ---which is what I was going to do until I realized in my zeal to solve this problem that it was already past 9:30pm and even if I did scrounge up needles at this hour at some 24 hour Walmart 10 miles away, by the time I got back to the hotel I would be too tired to sew anyway ---
So I persevered. I messed with the pressure on the presser foot by turning the knob at the top of the machine. Things got a bit better……mostly. And I got this:
Only one skipping in the middle…..*sigh*
See, it isn’t even skpping at regular intervals….it’s so very random!
And ONLY when paper piecing…weird.
I knew it was time to stop when:
Uhoh! We have a problem!
((And see a couple skipped stitches in the seam??))
((And see a couple skipped stitches in the seam??))
Today I’m teaching an Oklahoma Backroads class for the Loose Threads Guild in Clinton, South Carolina. Tonight I have a lecture – but I am hoping in between the two that I can pick up some various sizes of needles and see if I can nail this problem down.
It’s NOT a timing issue as it stitches just fine with two layers of fabric and NO paper…but add the paper, skip to m’lou my darling!
If I can’t find needles today --- I can tomorrow on my way to Columbia when I head over to the Greater Columbia Quilters.
Oh. And I get lunch with my son, Jason – who happens to have Friday off from work! Maybe I can even get him to help me unload the van and set up? We will see!
Happy Thursday, Everyone!
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