Sewing Machine Problem

19 years ago

I bought a New Home sewing machine a couple of years ago and have only used it a handful of times. My problem is that when I sew a normal stitch, on the underside of the fabric, the stitch just looks like a straight line with loops going across it. Also, at times my bobbin thread gets jammed. I have gone through the manual and made sure everything was threaded correctly. I have tried every thread tension setting, and still get the same results. Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it? Thanks.

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kathi_mdgd
19 years ago
Unthread it and start all ove.Take out the needle and put a new one in,make sure it's in correctly.Also clean the bobbin area.A lot of dust and lint collect there.Then get your book ,re-thread it,put the bobbin back in and follow the rest of the steps in your manual for setting the tensions.Then try again.If it's a machine that requires oil,it may need a squirt or 2,but not all new machines require using oil.So again check your manual.HTH
Kathi
colleenny
19 years ago
Also check to make sure that you have the bobbin threaded correctly. Colleen
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bertieb
19 years ago
I have had the very same problem. I tried everything to no avail. I finally took it to the repair shop and he has fixed the problem. He said it looked like I had broken a needle (I had) and it scored up the shuttle in several places. He used a file to smooth out all the nicks and it is working again.
puzzlefan
19 years ago
I "fixed" a friends sewing machine with a similar problem by noticing that she was inserting the needle backwards. Not sure if that is possible on a New Home Needles that are dull will also cause problems.