I took apart the lower thread bobbin to clean it and now every time I try to sew something new the thread is bunching up. I have no idea what is wrong. This is a new (cheap) machine for me and it's the first time I've cleaned it since I got it. I've never had this problem before.

posted by:
Sierra
offline Sierra
Austin
103 friends
join to post
  • Amy
    Amy
    offline 53

    Re: Sewing machine help needed: Lower thread is bunching up

    Sun, May 11, 2008 - 7:43 AM
    Do you have your owner's manual? Take the bobbin apart again and put it back together again using the book as a guide. Some machines have little quirks of their own. Then unthread the top and rethread it.
    join to post
    • Sierra
      Sierra
      offline 103

      Re: Sewing machine help needed: Lower thread is bunching up

      Sun, May 11, 2008 - 8:53 AM
      Yep... tried that several times :(
      join to post
      • April
        April
        offline 35

        Re: Sewing machine help needed: Lower thread is bunching up

        Sun, May 11, 2008 - 2:08 PM
        Did you "take the bobbin case apart" or did you "take out the bobbin case and also the looping mechanism"?

        If you took the case that you put the bobbin spool into apart ***IE you undid the little screw*** then go buy a new bobbin case from the manufacturer because you'll never get the tension just right again. (That's what the little screw adjusts.)

        If you took the case out and then took out the crescent shaped thing that pulls the top thread around to pick up the bobbin then take it out again and oil it... just one drop at the bottom of it's housing and one drop spread along the outside edge where it will be meeting the housing.

        If all seems to have failed, then take it to the sewing / repair shop and ask them to show you how to properly clean it.


        Good luck


        www.SilverSunbeam.etsy.com
        join to post
  • Jenn...
    Jennifer
    online 48

    Re: Sewing machine help needed: Lower thread is bunching up

    Tue, June 3, 2008 - 7:50 AM
    When that happened to my machine, my friend re-threaded the top for me. It had come out of the... not sure what it's called... the part inside the machine that grabs the thread before it gets to the needle... it goes up and down like an oil pump? Anyway, mine had slipped out of there, and was affecting my tension and causing the bottom thread to bunch.
    Best of luck! I know how maddening it can be!
    join to post

Recent topics in "Crafty Vixens"

Topic Author Replies Last Post
Got any Good Ideas For how to Affix featherS to a HEaddress? ~§~ 1 July 3, 2008
when ever a door closes....decorate a window? Dee 8 July 3, 2008
It's a plushy that's not plush SPark 4 July 1, 2008
Making an obi? Amy 1 July 1, 2008