Monday, December 10, 2012
Applique Issues
Well, machine issues would be a better description of the situation. I stitched around my Christmas tree, and then I noticed that on the first side I sewed, the machine skipped stitches all over the place. They should be all zig zags:
You can see from the punched holes in the fabric that the needle went where it was supposed to, but the thread had other ideas. This is the first time I've ever had this happen. Does anyone happen to have any idea why?! The even weirder part is that the 2nd and 3rd sides of the tree stitched perfectly.
It's seriously annoying, but at least the block still looks decent. I hadn't appliqued anything since Skill Builder, so it was fun to put together this block.
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The only help that I have is that sometimes my machine does this when I am doing a "new" stitch. Even the lady at the manufacturer's training course for Viking/Husqvarna said that it would do wierd things when first doing a new stitch. BUT, you would think that zigzag is not a new stitch. I would change the needle and try it again. What boggles me is that it didn't do in on the next two sides of stitches.
ReplyDeleteI've found that if my machine starts skipping stitches, the first thing to try is a new needle. That has worked for me so far!
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