Don't throw your sewing machine out the window
just yet if you're experiencing that horrible thread nesting
and jamming of your machine. I mean, of course you are.
That's why I clicked this video.
Don't worry.
In this video, I've got my top three ways to avoid this
thread jamming so you can just get on with your sewing.
Is welcome.
My new sewing friends.
My name is Evelyn Wood and I'm the creator of Vintage Sewing School.com.
And this video is actually an updated video of this one.
So if you've actually watched that video already, this is the same content.
It's just a much nicer video to watch.
I think an updated, much better quality.
But luckily sewing doesn't change.
The process is the same.
So we are talking in fact the same things because in my experience
there are three main reasons why we actually
experience this
thread jamming, this nesting of the threads
where it all bunches up or your thread disappears, particularly
if you've just picked up your machine and you're starting for the first time.
Generally it's one of these three main reasons
and they all fall under one category, and that is operator error.
I know you didn't want to hear that, but trust me, you do because it's
actually a really good thing because it means it's really, really
easy fix and I'll bet you'll be back sewing by the end of this video.
Number one is that you don't have a long
enough thread tails or the thread ends.
So what do I mean?
So when you finished sewing, right?
I bet what you do is you pull this out and you pull your fabric
and you pull your threads and you cut your threads down here right.
Like this. And then you start selling.
What you need is you
actually need to make sure your thread tails here.
What I call tails are actually quite long, about 15 centimeters or so at least.
And they need to be about this long. Why?
A lot of machines are covered.
But in this section here where this loop goes up and down,
you actually thread it through the little arm.
And on this arm, when your machine moves, when you move your hand, well,
you can do it yourself.
When you turn this handrail over, you'll see this arm comes up and down
and it actually draws up the fabric like the thread as it starts.
And so it takes the thread with it.
If you've experienced the thread just disappearing on you all the time,
this is why it needs that extra length to be able
to draw up and actually do its thing and get ready to sew a stitch.
And the second reason is actually not holding on to these little thread tails
as your machine starts for well, exactly the same reasons.
What we just talked about as you start to sew, remember, it draws those threads up.
You can feel it even if you put your fingers there.
And so what happens?
It will snap back really quickly if you're not holding onto them and pull
those threads up and then start bunching itself up and getting caught
and knotted and so that's what happens, I think, you know, so all you need to do
is actually just to kind of hold onto them as you start sewing
or you can even just like your fingers pressure on there.
Either one is fine, but just start and hold onto them
just for those first few stitches and then it's fine.
And the third reason is
starting at the very, very edge at the fabric of the raw edges.
So I'll show you in a minute.
What I mean is, if your needle is going down right on these little furry
pieces on the edge here, on these outside pieces,
if you pull your fabric apart, you know, you get all these little
free parts, right?
And so if your needle comes down onto these little frayed edges,
it can take those those little frayed bits down into the machine
and it just knots it up and causes all sorts of problems.
So this one's a real easy fix, is you just don't start at the very,
very tippy edge.
What do you want to be doing is starting about five millimeters or a quarter
of an inch away from the very tippy edge,
and then do your 1 to 3 stitches forward.
And then when you reverse, you reverse up that gap
that actually then soars to the very edge and then continue sewing forward.
So right.
So you put your fabric in instead of right to the edge.
Come in that five mil, use your hand wheel to wheel it down to get started,
hold it onto it with long thread ends and then as I said, come forward
those few stitches
and then reverse all the way back and then come forward and keep on sewing.
And that should help eliminate that problem.
If you're just new to sewing and want to start learning the right way
and all these little tips just like this,
I have a free class at vintage sewing school dot com that I think
you'll really love to just get
you started on your machine and get comfortable
knowing what everything is and just sewing fabric.
I'll leave some links in the description box down below.
Now, if you tried all three of those and you're still having problems
with thread jamming, I recommend you go watch this video here.
It's on the ten other reasons
to avoid the thread jam, but it might be to find the reasons.
It is a process of elimination and this is just the first step.
But is a lot of the problems when we first start sewing.
So hopefully that has fixed your issues.
If it did, please leave me a comment down below.
I would love to hear which it was that helped
solved your thread jamming and what project you're working on next.
Until next time my friends. Happy sewing, bye.