SEWERS!! urgent help needed please on threading! [photos included] ?

Question

Hi guys i'm 15 and new to a sewing machine. threading the top thread had been a problem to me. i couldn't get it no matter how i tried. so would you guys please help me?

this is my top and front view of my sewing machine, genki gsm7007.

TOP:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/princesslvwm/IMG_0483.jpg

FRONT:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/princesslvwm/IMG_0489.jpg

Please help me by telling me the procedure! (please don't use too electronic names. describe if you can..thanks!)

Thank you very very much!!

Answer 1

here are some sites that will help you

if after looking at these sites and you still can't get it please e-mail me from my profile and i will talk with you on the phone if you like to get you thru this.

there are some good basic instructions here

http://www.ehow.com/how_5839_thread-sewi...

and some really good ones here

http://www.expertvillage.com/video-serie...

and this site has free threading diagrams for over 400 models

http://www.sewusa.com/

and this site has a great video on how to thread a machine.

http://www.learnhowto.tv/how-to-sew-how-...

good luck and most of all have fun.

Answer 2

After the thread comes off the spool, you carry it through the little metal clips and down through the left-hand slot. Then up through the right-hand slot. In that slot is an arm, make sure the thread catches on the arm. Then it goes into another little clip right above the needle, then into the needle.

I don't understand why the diagram doesn't help you. It's numbered and everything.  It's possible you need someone to give you a lesson on your machine because as soon as you solve this problem, another will crop up.

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Answer 3

Unwind about a foot long length of thread from the spool. You'll need to keep tension on the line as you wind it through the areas of the machine described below, but only so tight as to hold it in place, otherwise the thread will break. This image shows the path that the thread needs to go as explained in the next 3 steps.  

Take the thread and pull it through the top left hand arm of the machine.

Next the thread goes straight down through a gully cut into the sewing machine. The thread then goes back up so it's making a U-shape.

Most machines will have a hooked wire arm above the needle that goes up and down in time with the needle. This arm pulls the thread off of the spool with gentle tension. Wrap the thread up and over the arm, then take it down towards the needle.

Now we'll send the thread through the areas that will help us thread the needle. At the top of the needle is a hook. Pull the thread through that hook and out toward the left-side of the machine.  

Next you will see a gray lever that is to the left of the needle. Run the thread under the inverse V-shaped part of that arm.

Pull the loose thread across the front of the eye of the needle. At the same time, pull down on the grey lever. You'll see a little arm swing forward like a hand grabbing a stick. The goal of this is that the barbs on the hand will grab the thread and pull it thru the eye of the needle. This may take a few tries. Make sure that the hand is grabbing at the right spot on the needle by turning the manual wheel on the right side of the machine. This will move the needle up and down.

Once the needle is threaded, grab the excess thread and pull it under the 'foot' of the machine that will sit on the cloth. When you first start sewing, be sure to hang on to that thread, so that it doesn't get pulled right out of the eye of the needle.  

Good luck. If you get stuck tell me where you are in the directions and we can go from there.