I also make sure my bobbin is clean. Dorothy Compton, Owner Bee Embroidered _www.BeeEmbroidered.com_ (http://www.beeembroidered.com/) (916) 635-7467 In a message dated 4/5/2006 7:28:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, theartdepartment@xxxxxxx writes: I don't know much about this stuff - but when I have a lot of thread breaks the first things I do are to check the pressure foot height and the needle eye position. Caren-