Thanks for the video Kim ❤ Your visual explanation will stay with me forever 😂 very funny but clearly understood 😊 Will no longer keep the stitch length the same 🙈😁
Thanks! I wondered why I had this problem. Good illustration! Let me ask you why when I am stitching along with a great stitch length, then a small to a larger loop on the bottom stitch. I am stitching straps for a purse through batting and 2 layers of fabric. Any ideas? Thanks Marcia
Great question Marcia. That sometime happens if you have LOADS of thickness, but it doesn't sound like you have that. It's likely to be one of these three things. Try each in turn on a test piece in the same thickness as your bag handle: 1) re-load your bobbin, then 2) re-thread the top thread, then 3) change your needle to a top stitch 90/14. My instinct says it's the needle, but it's worth trying the other two as well. Let me know how you get on. Kim 😊
Hi Linda, no, the advice from the sewing machine engineers is to leave the tension well alone and just adjust your stitch length (and needle size) for thicker fabrics. Modern machines will cope with all manner of thicknesses as long as the stitch length is changed. The only time I would alter the tension is when doing free motion. That advice may change for older machines or potentially more advanced sewers depending on machine and project, but otherwise you set the tension at its default and leave it there.
I completely understand that! You make a great 2.5 stitch!
Thank you Angie; I shall add that to my list of skills 😁
This has to be one of your funniest videos Kim.😂 Great explanation though.Thanks for the giggles my lovely.xx 😂
Thank you so much Jayne 🙏😍 You should have seen me recording it; I had to edit out lots of my laughing 😆 Oh and Nige really did disappear!! 🤦🏻♀️ xx
Thanks for the video Kim ❤ Your visual explanation will stay with me forever 😂 very funny but clearly understood 😊 Will no longer keep the stitch length the same 🙈😁
😄 So glad you’re now a convert to changing your stitch length 😄 Kim x
Very entertaining and informative!
Thank you 🙏
What a great way to teach!!! Thankyou
You're very welcome, and thank you for the kind words! ☺️
Thanks! I wondered why I had this problem. Good illustration! Let me ask you why when I am stitching along with a great stitch length, then a small to a larger loop on the bottom stitch. I am stitching straps for a purse through batting and 2 layers of fabric. Any ideas? Thanks Marcia
Great question Marcia. That sometime happens if you have LOADS of thickness, but it doesn't sound like you have that. It's likely to be one of these three things. Try each in turn on a test piece in the same thickness as your bag handle: 1) re-load your bobbin, then 2) re-thread the top thread, then 3) change your needle to a top stitch 90/14. My instinct says it's the needle, but it's worth trying the other two as well. Let me know how you get on. Kim 😊
?? Isn't tension more appropriate to adjust for thicker fabric?
Hi Linda, no, the advice from the sewing machine engineers is to leave the tension well alone and just adjust your stitch length (and needle size) for thicker fabrics. Modern machines will cope with all manner of thicknesses as long as the stitch length is changed.
The only time I would alter the tension is when doing free motion.
That advice may change for older machines or potentially more advanced sewers depending on machine and project, but otherwise you set the tension at its default and leave it there.