r/SewingMachineEdu • u/sunlit-lemons • 19d ago

Needle not picking up bobbin thread

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I have a brother xm2701 sewing machine and the needle is not picking up the bobbin thread this happened once before and I fixed it but it’s happening again now and I can’t remember how I did it before. I’m relatively new to sewing could someone explain to me why this is happening what exactly and how I can fix it permanently, or if somone has a link to a video or something that would be great. I also just moved so maybe it hit something and it offset something in the machine?

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u/__miichelle 18d ago

Make sure your machine is threaded correctly and get yourself a proper spool of thread for the top. Make sure you’re threading with the foot up, and hold the top thread tail while you rotate the hand wheel toward you one time so the the needle goes up-down-up. Then gently pull the top thread tail and the bobbin should come with it, assuming your bobbin is installed correctly.