I can’t tell you how many times people come to me for help with sewing machine tension issues. “My thread bunches underneath my fabric!” “I think my machine is broken.” “I need to adjust my sewing machine tension.” Pro secret: when someone says they have sewing machine tension issues, it almost always means they haven’t […]
Does your sewing machine get overlooked? To keep it working properly, make sure you take care of it by oiling your sewing machine (click here to find out how) and regularly dusting it. And what should you do if you have thread bunching under your fabric? Fix the bobbin. Watch this video to see how to properly load […]
I tend to chuckle when I’m in kitchen supply stores. They sell the most random gadgets for the most random functions. Take, for example, melon ballers, strawberry hullers, and avocado slicers. Am I right? Or am I right?! But when I’m gleefully perusing a sewing supply store, random gadgets make me giddy! And they make me buy! […]
When it comes to sewing, there are some basic sewing supplies everyone should have on-hand. And although you may not use all of these supplies with each project, you’ll still want to pick them up to fill your sewing kit with the necessary staples: – Thread – Bobbin – Pins – Hand-sewing needle – Pin […]
There’s a little secret sewing teachers and sewing machine repair technicians know, and it has to do with tension issues when sewing. Here’s the deal: Almost every time someone is having troubles with their machine, especially if they’re saying something like “my machine is having tension issues”, it’s because they’ve done something wrong with the bobbin. […]
I filmed a few Web Extras for Cityline’s website, including this one about loading a bobbin, a topic I’m very passionate about. 🙂 No joke, I could probably talk for hours about loading a bobbin! It’s such an important part of successful sewing, and it’s something that needs to be done precisely in order to […]
How you load the bobbin and thread an industrial sewing machine is very different than a domestic sewing machine. But don’t let that stop you from experimenting with one! After all, industrial sewing machines give speed, strength, and capacity that makes industrial sewing machines different. If you wan to learn how to load the bobbin […]
