DoryJM Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 I'm quilting along, perfect tension. Then my machine makes a nasty noise and creates a rat's nest on the back. The culprit? My thread is coming loose from the tension disk. I have no idea why...it happens infrequently with no rhyme or reason. I'm using Metro EMB on top and a magna-glide delight in the bobbin. Anyone have any suggestion as to why this might be happening?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Dory, mine did the exact same thing yesterday morning. I finally put in another bobbin and tightened the upper thread (although my tension was perfect). Today it has been perfect once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Dory I've had my Metro thread snag on the cone. some of them have a sharp area at the bottom and the thread wraps around that a little jerks it. Check your cone first. I've had to use a knife and trim off the rough area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gail O Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Embroidery thread seems to slip off the cone and get caught on the rough edges at the bottom. If you take a thread net, and fold it in half, then take the raw edges and slip them inside the bottom of the cone. Slide it far enough into the cone, so that there is only about a 1/2 inch left, and fold that over the bottom of the cone, covering the plastic edge and up the cone just a bit. It keeps the thread from sliding down and creating tension or breakage problems. jmho g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 i always use a thread net and i think it really helps keep the things under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 a thread net certainly helps keep metro from wreaking havoc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Yes, I use thread nets on any slippery thread and it really helps!!! As an example, last year I bought a box of thread, all partially used, and therefore not in a cello wrapper. These were all Rainbow cones. By the time they went through the mail and I received them, most of the thread was off of the cones and puddled like a giant rats next in the carton! Boo, hoo. I wasted a bunch of money. Had they been shipped with thread nets, I'll bet the thread would have still been on the cones. Now, as soon as I open a new cone of slippery thread, I put a net on it and store it that way, too. It really, really does help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Well, Gail, you have researched this problem i see. Once I put a thread net on a cone and was quilting away and looked up and the net was somewhere between the first hook and the first thread guiles just hanging there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Well, ladies, I tried all your suggestions and ultimately...none of them were the culprit! First I tightened the top tension, but that caused the bobbin to poke through. Then I checked for any sharp edges and "sanded" them off. Still no change. Then I put on my thinking cap and realized that I'd re-threaded differently through the thread guide above the disks. I changed the thread pattern, used all three holes and, you guessed it. It works. Then I read about the thread net; put one on and the thread promptly broke. Readjusted the top tension, it broke again. Took the thread net off...I'm good. I love these machines and the fact that you can usually work through all issues, especially with a little help from your friends!:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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