4 needles in an hour....

What am I doing wrong? I've broken 4 needles in the last hour.
These were size 80 Schmetz needles too! I'm sewing a polycotton duvet
cover, with polycotton thread, and the project is eating needles like
there is no tomorrow. I've had enough. Even reading contract law is
better than this....



-- Jo in Scotland

Johanna Gibson wrote in
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What am I doing wrong? I've broken 4 needles in the last hour.
These were size 80 Schmetz needles too! I'm sewing a polycotton duvet
cover, with polycotton thread, and the project is eating needles like
there is no tomorrow. I've had enough. Even reading contract law is
better than this....



-- Jo in Scotland


Jo

Try rethreading your machine. Sometimes the tensioner grabs the thread
and pulls the needle out of line.

Is your needle heavy enough? Maybe an 90 or 100 might pierce the fabric
better.

Connie

....possibly if this is a large piece you need to hold it in such a way as to
place no pressure forwards, backwards, or side-to-side...that would be my
"guess"...hope that helps..

Alison


"Johanna Gibson" wrote in message
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What am I doing wrong? I've broken 4 needles in the last hour.
These were size 80 Schmetz needles too! I'm sewing a polycotton duvet
cover, with polycotton thread, and the project is eating needles like
there is no tomorrow. I've had enough. Even reading contract law is
better than this....



-- Jo in Scotland

What kind of size 80 Schmetz? Ball point? Universal? Sharp? Jeans?
Quilting? The points are all different and it does matter. Me, I'd use
a sharp not a universal.

marcella

In article ,
Johanna Gibson wrote:

What am I doing wrong? I've broken 4 needles in the last hour.
These were size 80 Schmetz needles too! I'm sewing a polycotton duvet
cover, with polycotton thread, and the project is eating needles like
there is no tomorrow. I've had enough. Even reading contract law is
better than this....



-- Jo in Scotland

yikes i *hate* it when that happens! i once broke 3 needles in about 15
stitches on a quilt adn nearly pulled my hair out in the process too! but
then i was machine quiting a quilt.

i feel your pain

--
Jessamy
In The Netherlands
Take out: so much quilting to reply.
Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow
www.geocities.com/jess_ayad
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"Johanna Gibson" schreef in bericht
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What am I doing wrong? I've broken 4 needles in the last hour.
These were size 80 Schmetz needles too! I'm sewing a polycotton duvet
cover, with polycotton thread, and the project is eating needles like
there is no tomorrow. I've had enough. Even reading contract law is
better than this....



-- Jo in Scotland

and this is what happens when you turn off the spell checker to send out a
lot of Dutch emails and forget to turn it on.. my rotten spelling shows -
sorry

--
Jessamy
In The Netherlands
Take out: so much quilting to reply.
Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow
www.geocities.com/jess_ayad
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos
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yikes i *hate* it when that happens! i once broke 3 needles in about 15
stitches on a quilt adn nearly pulled my hair out in the process too! but
then i was machine quiting a quilt.

i feel your pain

--
Jessamy
In The Netherlands
Take out: so much quilting to reply.
Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow
www.geocities.com/jess_ayad
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In article ,
Johanna Gibson wrote:
What am I doing wrong? I've broken 4 needles in the last hour.
These were size 80 Schmetz needles too! I'm sewing a polycotton duvet
cover, with polycotton thread, and the project is eating needles like
there is no tomorrow. I've had enough. Even reading contract law is
better than this....

Are you, or the weight of the project, pulling against the needle?
If the needle gets pulled off vertical, it will hit the plate instead
of going through the hole, and snap.

Johanna Gibson wrote:
What am I doing wrong? I've broken 4 needles in the last hour.

Poor thing! I feel your pain. The only times my needle actually broke
were from fairly obvious things, like when I have on my 1/4 inch foot
and then switch to a zig zag stitch (always makes me jump). Hope you
get it all sorted out soon.

Lynn

Not that I would nag . . . ah, well, you know I will, Jo, I'm hoping that
you are testing on a sandwich of scraps - that ought to tell you if the
needle is working okay but the weight of the cover is causing you the grief.
A dismal thought, but one time I really did have a quilt with a
white-on-white that totally defied quilting.
So let's try different sizes and needle points - but do in on a test
piece. Ummm, also, do be certain that you have the needle inserted in the
SM just up as far as it will go and make sure that your bobbin case is
exactly where it belongs. Those needles are, of course, hitting something.
Wishing you good, good luck. Polly

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:20:28 GMT, "Polly Esther"
wrote:

Not that I would nag . . . ah, well, you know I will, Jo, I'm hoping that
you are testing on a sandwich of scraps - that ought to tell you if the
needle is working okay but the weight of the cover is causing you the grief.
A dismal thought, but one time I really did have a quilt with a
white-on-white that totally defied quilting.
So let's try different sizes and needle points - but do in on a test
piece. Ummm, also, do be certain that you have the needle inserted in the
SM just up as far as it will go and make sure that your bobbin case is
exactly where it belongs. Those needles are, of course, hitting something.
Wishing you good, good luck. Polly

It was the weight of the cover. Having said that, if I never work
with polycotton again it will be too soon. I also discovered that I
only have universal 70s and universal 80s on hand in the needle
department, so it's time to buy more needles!


-- Jo in Scotland