I am definitely not a handyman kind of person, in fact, if I am supposed to fix something, you can guarantee it ends up more broken than when I started. However, when I bought my first home a few years back, I quickly figured out that if I did not maintain my house and its contents, then it costs a lot more to replace than repair things. My blog is all about taking care of your home appliances. Fridges, washing machines and dishwashers all make our life a lot easier, but if you don't maintain, they don't work forever. So, read my posts and learn not only about appliance maintenance but also signs to watch out for that indicate your home appliance needs professional attention.
If you enjoy making or repairing your own clothes or working with fabric in other ways, you understand how helpful a sewing machine can be for completely jobs more quickly and with more easy. However, working with a sewing machine that will not co-operate can be a real problem. whether you are dealing with skipped stitches, tangled threads or a needle that keeps snapping, a misbehaving sewing machine turns a simple job into something much harder and can soon take all of the joy out of your work. If you are struggling with a sewing machine that just will not co-operate, you are probably tempted to take it straight to a shop that does overlocker repairs, but before you do, it's worth seeing if the problem is one that you could resolve yourself.
Here are a few problems that often occur with sewing machines that users can quickly fix without professional help.
Knots of extra thread appearing on the bottom of your work
There are several possible causes for this, and it is rarely an actual fault on the machine.
- Is your bobbin is unwinding correctly?
- Are you employing identical thread on both the bobbin and the top thread?
- Are both threads being drawn through at the same rate?
- Do you have the correct tension settings for your fabric?
Fabric not feeding through
- Has your drop-feed setting been activated?
- Is your presser foot down and set to the correct pressure?
- Is something covering the feed dogs?
Continually breaking thread
- Are you using a thread designed for hand sewing only?
- Are your top and bottom threads the same weight?
- Is the tension setting too high for your top thread?
Sewing machine skipping stitches
- Are you using the right needle, and is your needle correctly installed?
- Is your top thread reaching the bobbin?
While these and plenty of other issues can easily be remedied by properly setting up your sewing machine or overlocker, there are lots of things that could potentially go wrong and require expert repair. You could have a problem with the timing or another mechanical fault that requires the attention of a professional experienced in sewing machine repairs. If you have consulted your manual and you are sure that you have not overlooked anything obvious, then take your sewing machine to the repair shop and let them examine it for you. They will have the expertise in sewing machine repairs and overlocker repairs to identify the fault and get your machine sewing again without delay.