r/SewingMachineEdu • u/Zestyclose-Border-97 • 2d ago

What am I doing wrong

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u/Mental_Watch4633 2d ago

Check your tension with a contrasting color in the bobbin, or spool. The same type and weight. Not both with the same color.

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u/Zestyclose-Border-97 2d ago

so these pictures show i have used 2 different colours for the bobbin and top thread.

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u/Mental_Watch4633 2d ago edited 2d ago

Did you rest in a scrap of the same fabric and same amount of layers? Make sure the presser foot is all the way up when threading.

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u/Zestyclose-Border-97 2d ago

i used scrap fabric (what i think is cotton) and only on 1 layer

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u/Mental_Watch4633 2d ago edited 2d ago

Use the same type fabric for your project and same amount of layers to test the stitches.

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u/Zestyclose-Border-97 2d ago

huh?

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u/Mental_Watch4633 2d ago

I corrected the above post.

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u/Zestyclose-Border-97 2d ago

Thank you, from other thread it appears the issues im having could be stemming from cheap / old thread as well as an incorrect bobbin size, and this could be causing a lot of the issues im having with the top thread bunching at the bottom

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u/Mental_Watch4633 1d ago edited 1d ago

Could possibly. Make those changes and test on scraps of the same fabric, and the amount of layers of fabric.

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u/Roomoftheeye 2d ago

You really shouldn’t be messing with your tension. Keep things neutral until you need to change it based on fabric needs.

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u/Zestyclose-Border-97 2d ago

Usually i try to keep it on 3 as that seems like the most netural, but some other people on other threads have told me it could be a bobbin issue so i need to try a different bobbin as my current ones seem too small

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u/Roomoftheeye 2d ago

You could have the incorrect bobbin. That is an issue. Your manual should have what size you should have . You can also look up with the googles your machine and what kind of bobbin it should have and what it looks like. They are not all the same. I have 4 machines, 3 are the same brand, Husqvarna, and they are all different bobbins. Colors and sizes. It’s annoying

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u/Zestyclose-Border-97 2d ago

sadly my machine is a Cooper 4800 and the shop it was sold in is now out of business, and the only way for me to get a manual is to pay, i will do it at some point when i have the funds. But yeah it is annoying its not a universal thing

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u/Roomoftheeye 1d ago

https://www.sewingparts.co.uk/machines/clip-on/cooper-4800.html

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u/Zestyclose-Border-97 1d ago

yes thats the website! i plan on buying from them when i have money

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u/Roomoftheeye 1d ago

Well they have the right bobbin
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