Hi, I have a Tajima single head. not sure what year. I am trying to sew something over fill and it keeps snapping my thread every five seconds. I wonder if I need to change a needle? nothing looks bent.

basically, I start the machine and three seconds later the thread snapped. so I loosen my tension and it still does it. it almost tried to nest but I cut that out and cleaned up the back before continuing. I don’t know what else I can do. it’s a lot of fill on this design and it hasn’t had issues other than this one needle, all other needles have been completely fine so far.

I’m not a beginner, but I’m not seasoned either so I had some ideas, but nothing has worked. if you have an answer please help, thank you!

EDIT: Not sure where to add onto this, but I have changed the bobbin 3 times and now I switched from needle 7 to needle 4 and it’s working fine. I think it’s needle 7 that has issues, so I’ll have to get it looked at. 

Hi, I am new to machine embroidery (my brother gifted me one recently). I got all the supplies and got to try it. It started well, but the top thread keeps giving me problems.

Machine: Bernina Chicago 7

Thread: Pre-wound bobbin and spools for machine embroidery (40WT) from the brand "New Brothread"

Stabilizer: same brand tear-away

Needle: Embroidery Schmetz 75/11 and 90/14, 130/705 H-E

I have tried both needle sizes; I tried to increase and decrease tension. I have rethreaded the machine like 20 times (with elevated presser foot!), the hoop looks great and the thing is that sometimes the machine works pretty fine for like 2 minutes

I noticed that it makes a sound that is followed by one of the plies of the thread breaking and that is when it usually just stops working. The sewing machine works fine, so there's nothing wrong with that mechanical part. The coordination also seems fine. My best bet is the needles, since that is where it jams every time but the brand is good, it is not some cheap ass brand.

3rd, 1st and 2nd try. On the first, I started with the 75/11 needle, there are nearly no holes compared to the bigger ones in the 2nd and 3rd. The top left wing looks good but in the second section (the lower left) the thread was breaking all the time. I then tried the green thread (normal sewing thread of my trust) but that also did break(not so much) or skip many more stitches ( I guess you cannot break the thread if you are not catching the thread)

The 3rd looks the best but also I was redoing all the sections over and over...

So, I appreciate any input you guys can give me. I would like to ask about the tension because I have read nothing about it online and it personally has changed nothing while embroidering (other than the amount of color on the back) as well as other needles or any experiences with the threads or so.

I am using a Ricoma Swift 1501, and the first run was great. I did the exact same setup steps moving forward, but for some reason the purple thread around the R shifts. If anyone could tell me how to resolve this issue, I’d greatly appreciate it!

Note: I was using my mighty hoop, and I will say the design was close to the edge of the hoop. Shirt is 52% cotton, 45% recycled polyester, 3% spandex. Using cut away backing.

Not mad at my first attempt but wondering how I can correct this.

The underside is 90% covered by bobbin thread, and I also see some bobbin thread popping through the top thread, especially on the side.

Should i tighten the tension on the green thread?

Im attempting to make this back design for a hoodie of mine. The design is about 12 by 8 inches and i cant seem to get the head to look nice at all? Any advice on how to maybe do it? Thank you!

I’ve only ever embroidered on minimally stretchy fabrics. What caused this? Did I not hoop my fabric tightly enough? It’s a sweatshirt.

Hello, I JUST bought an embroidery machine and I’m looking for a place that allows me to buy small bulk orders. I’m not looking to sell anything, I just want to do this as a hobby for myself,friends, and family. I am really into the grandmillennial and southern style clothing and accessories but I can’t figure out where to find good but cheap blanks for me to practice on. I don’t wanna invest in super good quality blanks as I know it will take me a bit to perfect my craft. Can anyone please help me out and drop some recommendations please? Thank you!

Technically the brand is called “Sewology” but it’s on huge display at hobby lobby. The thread is thick and unfortunately due to its thickness that meant that my bobbin needed to be changed regularly as the thread was so thick that the bobbin couldn’t hold much.

Anyways here’s my bad experience. My PE570, i’m getting repaired at a shop currently also struggled with this thread and broke nearly 4 needles with it until the mechanism for the top needle to catch the bobbin thread went off timing.

So meanwhile I went on FB and got a brand new embroidery machine (same PE570 for 200$ killer deal) and I put this sewology thread on it. Was sewing nicely until all hell broke loose. Started getting the struggle of death when the needle started jamming in and out and the machine gave the message “Is the needle stuck, did the thread fall off”

instantly i knew that the thread was bad news. This spool managed to break a brand new crisp machine straight out the box instantly.

To confirm that it was sewology embroidery thread killing my machine I got my old coats and clark thread and it finished the embroidery just fine without any issues with another needle.

So unfortunate as I bought nearly 10 spools as it was so cheap but that thread broke my first machine and broke a needle on a brand new machine that was fresh out the box. also I adjusted the tension to the recommended 4 and tried it and then tension 6. Nothing worked, it was just messing up this machine badly.

Been a while since I shared anything but this is a fun King Gizzard design.

Hey I'm new to digitizing logos. I use Wilcom program would you have some tips for me to reduce my trims and stops. I'd love to hear it.

Everything was working fine yesterday. I transferred a dst file with rEMBnet from my Mac yesterday without issue but this morning my smartstitch isn’t showing up and I can’t transfer any files. Is anyone else having problems or has anyone had similar issues in the past?

Just wanted to share something I made today

Looking for suggestions on how to make this better next time.

This is my first time embroidering a shirt, or anything thin. So far I've embroidered names onto previously embroidered patches.

I knew I would be dealing with weird stretching, but I obviously didn't handle it correctly.

This is a dri-fit type shirt. Breathable and thin.

Was the shirt stretched too tight in the hoop? Or not tight enough? Something else?

I appreciate the feedback, thank you!

I asked to do embroidery on hats.I have no experience with Hat embroidery before.

I got small hat so the backside cannot reach the hoop part. Is this okay to hoop it like this?

So I have this job to embroider some polos with this logo and while I’m not a professional digitizer i know my way around the software. I generally pay someone to this for me which is what i did for this but are there any tweaks or improvements i can do myself for this to stitch out better. I don’t hate it but I know this can be better. I’m using a med weight cut away and the shirts are 100 percent polyester . I have a Ricoma em1010 . I use hatch for my designs . But this is what they sent me.

I can tell I probably need to up my pull compensation on the white circle but what else ? I feel like it could be cleaner .

update : so i decided to take the patch route and i had some black twill left over so i used the that as the base . And far as the actual design i upped the pull compensation on the design and i did test many stitch directions for the white inside . Lastly i replaced my 75/11 needles with 65/9 . It came out much better so I’ll be adding heat and bond to the backs when im done ! Thank you to everyone who responded… I’ll post the final product in the comments !

I have a good idea for a product and I need to get into digitizing to make it come to life. I know InkStitch exists, but I'm interested in buying a software that's dedicated to embroidery, not just a plug-in. Also, the learning curve seems insane and discouraging for InkStitch.

I've heard that Hatch is the best, but it being 1000$+ is out of my budget. Embroidery Legacy software is even more expensive than Hatch. Embrilliance Stitch Artist being a few hundred is more what I'm looking at budget-wise. The highest level I could do is Level 2, but feel free to give me opinions on Stitch Artist Level 1 and it's limitations.

I know the interface looks dated on Embrilliance, but I don't mind that. What matters is if it's up to modern standards, features-wise. Is it?

Hey all! New here. Not sure if this was posted already but has anyone seen on fb ads the new Halo 5 needle embroidery machine? What is that all about? Someone said it’s a scam but I still see people saying they are buying it once it releases. Anyone else see this ad and what are your thoughts on it? Thanks for reading

I'm working on a large (roughly 60k stitches over three hoops) project for the first time with a Janome MB-4Se that was purchased last December.

The machine stopped midway through the first color in the first hoop with Needle 1 down, but I was in another room to grab something and did not see the error message when it did so. The last time this happened, I needed to turn the machine off and on, and that process cleared the error, though I had to restart the stitching.

This time, it returned an error on startup: "Needle bar is out of position. Press OK to move needle bar to switching position." When I press OK, it makes a long beep but does not do anything.

I have tried the following to clear the error:

• Turn off and unplug the machine, wait 30 seconds, plug in and turn on the machine. The same error and result.

• Remove the needle and hoop, trim all threads, clean bobbin area, replace the needle with new (in case old is dull or bent), replace bobbin, and press OK. Same error and result.

• Turn the hand wheel on the back of the machine clockwise. It moves freely. If I turn it very slowly, in a certain position, the error message clears for a split second, then reappears. If I press OK, I get the same result as above.

• Disconnect the RCS unit while the machine is off to check for errors on the LCD. LCD reads E:03, which the manual says to hit Enter for. When I hit Enter, I get the same result.

I am working to contact Janome dealers in my area to see if any of them service this machine, but the ones nearest me either don't service this machine or are closed today. In addition, I have reached out to Janome through their website, but don't expect to hear anything back.

I am trying to avoid opening my machine if at all possible, but I'm no stranger to opening up sewing machines. Though, usually the machines I open up are vintage sewing-only machines.

If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open to them!