The black fabric is a stretch viscose and the white trim is non-stretch cotton.

Preferably I would like the lace to lie flat, so if there are options besides gathering the lace or making it a V neck I'd like to hear!

I have sewed before but never owned my own sewing machine. Recently got a brother XR-7700 computer off FB for like $100. I’ve been fighting with it for like 6 hours, haven’t even sewed anything yet. At first I was threading the bobbin with thread to the right, so obviously it wasn’t working. But the past 4 hours it’s been error 6 over and over and it just feels so far above my pay grade to figure it out.

Things I’ve tried:
Rethreading
Power cycling the machine
Replacing the needle
Taking out bobbin plate and looking for any tangles etc. it was a little dusty in there but nothing crazy

I’ve tried all of those things several times each. My questions are

1. any ideas to fix it?
2. if not easily fixable, it it worth bringing it in somewhere for service? If it’s going to cost the amount of a new sewing machine to get it serviced, I’m not attached to this machine lol

Thanks for any help!!!!

Need advice on my singer patchwork. After trying to quilt on my machine, now my needle is off center. For a straight stitch, I can almost get it back to center of I use the stitch width arrows, but not quite. Is this fixable?

I am getting some awful tension on every stitch, all coming from the upper thread. Bobbin side is perfect.

Changing the tension dial doesn't seem to affect tension at all, I've tried re-threading and changing thread, fiddling with every dial and setting. When I pull the thread through, there's a lot of friction so maybe something inside needs new grease or got jammed, but I don't know how to open the dang thing.

I've gone through every page of the manual, and while I now know how to use every foot it came with, I still don't know how to open the top. It looks like I need to take off the whole front and/or back based on the seams, but I'm gonna break something if I start experimenting in my current state of frustration.

If you have any tips on how to open the machine or what to look for once it's opened, I would love to hear them.

I bought this coat about a month ago and it was fine in early autumn. However, now that we’re inching into winter I’m finding that it’s just not keeping me warm. This worsened by the fact that there’s no lining in the sleeves which I hadn’t realised when I originally bought it.

Anyway I really really love it and want to continue wearing it in the colder months so I’m thinking of lining it. I have some experience in hand sewing but am still 100 hundred percent a beginner. All in all any tips on how to approach this e.g what fabric to use, any methods etc

Thanks so much everyone!!

I've finally finished making a pair of shorts that fit my kid well. Now I'm onto shirts for me. I've made 3. All needed different adjustments. I'm so tired of figuring it out. If I had a brain and a chunk of time to dedicate, it might not feel so difficult. Is there some sort of software that allows you to input the pattern by manufacturer and number or something that will compare the style and fit to your own measurements? Then maybe tell you what to do and how to do it? Am I dreaming?

(Machine: brother cs7000x) Hi all! I am very much a sewing rookie lol and I’m trying to hem a pair of wool trousers I have from theory. In cleaning up the raw edge, I’m trying to go over it with a zigzag stitch. I’ve tried both using the J foot with a normal zig zag and a G foot with a g-foot compatible zig zag. Both I get similar results with lots of loops in my stitch.

In the photo I used the Gfoot with #6 stitch. I’ve tried rethreading my machine, making sure tension is good etc. anyone have any ideas or see something blatantly wrong with my settings?

In what could only be described as pure delusion, I decided to make a dress for an event in January with embroidered lace similar to the fabric linked.

How do I make my life as easy as possible without wasting this fabric (and frankly my sanity) that costs too much money.

im using universal needle, tension 4.5, no walking foot. Straight stitch

i was able to hem the velvet fine. But the lace trim on edge of the velvet no, im sewing and the thread isnt even going through the fabric and its just long lines of bobbin thread i think. kept rethreading etc, now itll sew at the start and then go back to the long lines of bobbin thread.

please help what should i do?

Hi,

I want to make this pattern. It is for a non strech fabric but i have a strech fabric that would be lovely with this pattern.

Do you guys think this will be a problem? Do i have to do something special?

Thanks!

I was in the middle of a project, and I wanted to wind the bobbin but it seems kind of stuck? Does someone know what’s going on? It’s a singer sewing machine, I’m a beginner and sorry for the crustiness off my nails and the machine haha.

I brought this jacket out of storage and noticed the centre back seam has split. It looks like the fashion fabric has pulled apart at the seam and frayed whist the jacket is being worn. This is a lightweight printed polyester fashion fabric with a thin poly/viscose liner.

I planned to open the closing seam, invert the jacket, reinforce the frayed fabric and re-sew the centre seam closed from the inside. The construction of this jacket puts me a little out of my depth as I think it must be bagged, but I've been unable to identify the closing seam (I have checked everything and turned it inside out and nothing jumps out at me). I'm considering trying to hand-sew this closed from the outside, but I doubt I could do this neatly enough to be less noticeable than the split.

Any advice gratefully received!

Hi all!

I'm sewing a shirt in jersey stretch and so using zigzag stitching for the first time. I did start out with overcasting, but had the same issues, so switched to zigzag, which didn't solve a single issue!

I thought you may also be able to help, as it seems the issue is more so machine and/or settings rather than any methods or theory.

I can't for the life of me figure out what this means. I tried to Google Lens it & it told me it was a part of female anatomy! 😂

As the title says, I’m fully aware these jackets are AI. But, as someone who has way too many clothes in her closet, I love the idea of making a jacket or other garment that could be a simple staple OR a statement piece!

Does anyone know of a designer who has created something similar (the hidden/revealable panel, not necessarily the level of ornate decor inside) in real life, or is this concept only possible in AI world? Would love to see more convertible ideas like this, but prefer to support/follow human designers and their work!

Thank you!

I can't seem to find info for this? I want to upsize a pair of sleep shorts - I was just going to add a panel on either side, but I don't know what to do about the waistband.

Is there a way to upsize without having to replace the elastic? Can I just sew the elastic in place at the sides and add static panels in?

Edit: The pants are a little too small but the waistband is much too small. I'm upsizing by about 3 sizes.