Thread: Sewing Maching help

im trying to use my singer serenade sewing machine for the first time. I have followed all the instructions exactly and its not picking up the bottom bobbin thread. And when I try it keeps jamming and I cant turn the wheel any more.

Really stuck

V xxxx

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double check you have the bobbin in the case the right way, good place to start troubleshooting

hehe funny your talking about sewng machines mine caught fire today!!!!!

Best thing to do always is unthread it completely, top and bottom, and start again. I know it sounds obvious, but it's honestly the best way. Really and truly. You may have missed one step on the way, without realising, and this could be the root of the problem. I've been sewing for 30 years, and occasionally I still get it wrong.
Always remember that whatever you do, and whatever type of machine, you work right to left. Follow the guide in the instruction book.
In particular, check these three things :
1. That you have put the top thread into the tension hook properly. That is where you bring the thread down from the top of the machine, hook under or round something or other ( technically called the tension wheel, usually looks like a little dial), then go back up to near the top of the machine and put the thread over a hook, and then bring it down towards the needle. Sometimes there is a little sideways-facing wire just above the tension wheel that you need to pass the thread into. Check your booklet.
2. That you haven't accidentally wrapped the top thread round the needle - it should just pass front to back. This is the usual cause of the problem.
3. That your needle is in the right way round. The top bit of a domestic sewing machine needle has a profile that is shaped like the letter D. The curve of the D is always facing front-ways, with the flat profile at the back.

Also, make sure you have the same thread on the top as on the bottom ( i.e. on the bobbin) - if you use cotton on the top and polyester on the bottom you don't get a good result, and it can cause problems.

Just thought of one more thing : make sure when you put the bobbin into the bobbin case ( on the bottom) you have the thread on the bobbin coming out Clockwise. Always. You slot the bobbin into the bobbin case, pass the thread slightly left to hook it through the bobbin-case tension hook ( which is the little sliver of metal attached with a tiny flat screw) and then bring it forwards - clockwise - again.

When you have re-threaded completely, move the belt wheel ( the big round circle on the far right-hand side of the machine, where the thread doesn't go) about 180 degrees by hand and then back again, so the top needle picks up the bottom thread from the bobbin case. Make sure you pass both threads to the back, and off you go. Promise.

Vx

Silly question is this a new machine or a seccond hand one ? Reason I ask is that if it's a seccond hand one the timing might have been mucked up by the previous owner in which case a service might be in order.

Seccond question is weather you are using the right sized bobbins for the machine, it won't work if you are not.

If in doubt, pop into your local Singer Service center, for Glasgow this ought to be
Address: Savoy Centre,
Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow G2 3DU
Phone: 01413 324318

I'm sure they will be able to help you

Hello.
Its a new machione I got for christmas. I'm using the things which came with it.
Im going to try rethreading it tonight and follow all your tips Viva.
If that doesnt work then the number for the service center will be very handy.

Thanks so much

V xx

I bought a little sewing machine last year, brand new, but STILL can't get the damn thing threaded up correctly. I've carefully followed all the instructions about a million times but am getting nowhere fast!!!!

Totally fed-up with it *sob sob sob*

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PixieParasol

Vanitie, just to check things out, remove the bobin and the spool of thread from the top of the machine and just make sure that everything turns over by hand, if it doesn't then you definately need to get it to the service center, if it does turn over without the threads in place then thats where the problem is and you need to look again at how you are threading the machine.

If either of you ladies were not at the other end of the country to me I'd offer to come an help out, once you've been shown where the thread goes it's usually easy to remember but the damn instruction books are often not that helpful