Sewing machine trouble. I'm using a brother XL-2600i and even when I thread it I still have

Question

I'm using a brother XL-2600i and even when I thread it I still have trouble

ether the material with get caught under where the thread comes out of the bobbin holder thing or the stitching is loose. I only want to make a straight stick that isn't all loose.

I need to know ASAP.

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Answer 1

I wasn't able to bring up the pictures.  But I agree with the other posters.  Read your manual first.  I've always found that when the machine was "eating" my material, it was a combo of the type of material and the needle.  If you are working with a very soft knit or thin cotton, make sure you are using the  smallest needle you can.  I generally use a 9.  If working on the knit, make sure you are using a needle specifically for stretch fabric.  I know some of this could be caused by the tension adjustment, but I've always used that as the last resort.  Once you start messing around with the tension settings, it's hard to get it back to "normal".  Something else that might work, if you used both hands to help the material through the feed dogs.  Don't pull it, just guide it so it doesn't find it's self getting eaten by the bobbin.  If all else fails, take the machine to a repair/service shop and have them tweak it for you.  

Answer 2

  

   You need to change your needles when starting a new project. Use only good thread , not the cheap 99cent kind.  make sure all lint is cleaned out of the bobbin case area and use scrap fabric to work on until you get things the way you want them. Below is a link that should help.

Answer 3

have you read the machine manual?

Answer 4

you have to go and try wich strenght of upper wire and lower wire works with the fabric. Theres usually k***s or buttons on the machine for that. Also you may wanna clean the dust out of the bobbin. Look up in yur manual on how to loosen upor tighten the strenhth of the upper wire.

Good luck!

(also, have a look at the needle.. is it he right needle combined with the right fabric?)

Answer 5

I looked at your pictures and it looks like it could be incorrect thread tension.

From page 38, user manual:  If the upper thread is not threaded correctly or the bobbin is not installed correctly, it may not be possible to set the correct thread tension. If the correct thread tension cannot be achieved, rethread the upper thread and insert the bobbin correctly.

Here is Brother website to help:

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC...

Page 38 of the user's manual talks about adjusting the thread tension:

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC...

Answer 6

Please don't put spaces in URLs.  It's a pain.

Right now you have no upper tension to speak of... dollars to donut holes you either threaded with the presser foot in the down position, or there's something caught in the upper thread tension disks which is keeping them from closing.

Pull out your manual, and rethread from scratch, making sure  the presser foot is raised.  This opens the tension disks and allows the thread to enter the tension assembly.  "Floss" the thread into the tension.  The tension dial should be set on 4or 5 for the fabric you're using (and for most fabrics).

When you start sewing, do not start right on the cut edge of the fabric -- the fabric can be stuffed down into the bobbin case area by the needle.  Instead, start at least 1/4" from the edge by raising the presser foot, using the handwheel to drop the needle into starting position, lower the presser foot, and hang on to the thread ends for the first couple of stitches.  After that, you can sew normally.