I am appealing for help from the experienced sewing machine users of MN [
I have a 1970s Singer - I inherited it and it was in immaculate condition when I got it. I had used a sewing machine a few times but am entirely self-taught and very much an amateur. Anyway, I got the Singer up and running and successfully made a few things with it, then didn't use it for a while.
Recently I wanted to hem some curtains and have just had a nightmare with the needle thread continually breaking or bunching. I have tried everything I can think of or have found online - changed the tension /other settings, hanged the needle (to a proper Singer one that came with it, new from the packet), used a better thread, rethreaded the bobbin, cleaned out the bobbin case of lint, checked for nicks/snags...and still I can't sew more than a couple of inches at a time I wouldn't mind so much if I hadn't used it before and know that it works well!
what else can I try?
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BrianButterfield · 13/02/2013 20:02
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