Your correct, you don't want to bottom out that adjustment screw. In addition to tightening the bobbin tension a tad you also might try slipping a piece of medium weight tear-away backing between the hoop and the needle plate. If your still having problems try using another bobbin case. Mike Wargo Iris Embroidery wrote: > Yeah!. My mistake with the nos. It is 30,30,30. But the columns that > I am sewing are 7pt, 9 pt , 18 pt being the highest in this one. It > consistently seems to slide to one side, causing bobbin thread to show > up on the front. I am ok with tightening the bobbin thread a little, > but tightening it so tight that it does not drop is completely against > what I have learnt and applied so far. MT being 7 for a easy care > shirt, it frightens me since I worry it will cause holes or so in the > garment. > > Best Regards, > Veena Viswanath > > IrisEmbroidery > www.IrisEmbroidery.com > (510)-226-6171 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MikeWargo > > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 20052:46 PM > To:amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [amayausers] Re: bobbin thread sliding to the left. > > 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. > > MikeWargo > > 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 >