ALLOW YOURSELF ABOUT ½ HOUR TO ADJUST YOUR TENSIONS

IN YOUR SEWING MACHINE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
A) LOOK OVER SECTION ON MACHINE MAINTENCE
B) LOOK OVER SECTION ON SETTING TENSIONS

CLEAN BOBBIN AREA- (FREE OF LINT)
OIL MACHINE (as directed in your machine instruction manual)

MAKE SURE THREAD TENSIONS ARE GOOD WITH REGULAR THREAD AND FABRIC.

INSERT A #18 JEANS NEEDLE (best needle for heavy fabric)

WIND A BOBBIN WITH HEAVIER THREAD AND INSERT AS USUAL INTO YOUR MACHINE.

THREAD YOUR MACHINE AS DIRECTED IN YOUR MANUAL WITH THE HEAVIER THREAD.

IF YOU HAVE AN EVEN FEED FOOT, ROLLER FOOT OR
TEFLON FOOT INSERT IT ONTO THE MACHINE.
(a regular foot will work if you do not have any of the above)

PLACE SCRAP OF FABRIC YOU WANT TO WORK WITH UNDER PRESSER FOOT.

CHANGE STITCH LENGTH TO THE LONGEST STITCH ON YOUR MACHINE

MAKE YOUR STITCH BY MANUALLY TURNING THE WHEEL. IF YOU
MEET RESISTANCE STOP AND TIGHTEN YOUR UPPER TENSION
CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THE UPPER TENSION UNTIL YOU DO NOT MEET RESISTANCE. THEN MAKE 5-6 STITCHES MANUALLY AND REMOVE FROM MACHINE AND CHECK THE STITCH BALANCE. (your machine manual will normally show you what a well-balanced stitch should look like.) IF STILL NOT BALANCED TRY TIGHTENING OR LOOSENING UPPER TENSION (most times it needs to be tightened slightly. Many times the best stitch a home machines will have are a nice stitch on the top and a slight loop on the bottom. Check to see if the stitch holds a seam well, if it does this will still work to stitch heavier fabric. I try to do all my adjusting by only changing the upper tension leaving the bobbin tension alone. (I have 3 different home sewing machines and they all need the tension adjusted with heavier thread. Two of the machines I tighten the upper tension all the way, on the other machine, which has a self-adjusting tension, I tighten less.)
CALL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS: LYDIA MORGAN
BEACON FABRIC AND NOTIONS (800-713-8157)(727-347-5663)


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