[amayausers] Re: bobbin thread sliding to the left.
- From: Mike Wargo <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:45:40 -0500
For as long as I have been doing embroidery it has been 1/3,
1/3, 1/3. For narrow satin stitches (columns of 3mm or less) you may
want to run a little tighter bobbin tension, showing less than 1/3 on
the back.
Mike Wargo
irisembroidery@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I wanted to check with you to see if anyone has the same problem as
> me.
>
> When I do small lettering, my bobbin thread seems to slide off to
> the left. (In class we learnt, it should be 30,60,30 with the bobbin
> thread in the middle.) This some times causes the bobbin thread to
> show up on the front of the design causing dandruff. The tech
> checked it and said everything looks fine with regards to the bobbin
> positioning and so on. But every time I do small lettering, I see
> the dandruff. I was sewing out the easy care shirt maroon color and
> the white thread showed up so clearly. The tech suggested that I
> tighten the bobbin completely and increase the material thickness to
> counter that and it would solve the problem. (For a easy care shirt,
> the MT was 7). To me, this was not a solution, but a work around.
>
> Do any of you have this problem? How did you solve it or do you
> just live with it.
>
> I would be interested to hear what you all have to say.
>
> Best Regards,
> Veena Viswanath
>
> IrisEmbroidery
> www.IrisEmbroidery.com
> (510)-226-6171
>
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