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by **Johanna Gibso** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:12:08

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

by **Connie** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:20:24

Quote:

> 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

by **Alison Mc** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:23:49

...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

Quote:

> 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

by **Marcella Pee** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:44:21

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

Quote:

> 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

by **Jessam** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:52:41

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/jessamy_thompson/my_photos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

by **Jessam** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:54:23

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/jessamy_thompson/my_photos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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/jessamy_thompson/my_photos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

by **b..** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 06:04:24

Quote:

> 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.

by **Polly Esthe** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:20:28

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

by **Johanna Gibso** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:33:05

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

Quote:

>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

by **Audre** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:43:03

Your message was easy to read if you are used to reading Middle School
writers everyday. At least yours was typed. They try cursive writing.

Quote:

> 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/jessamy_thompson/my_photos
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> 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

by **Polly Esthe** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:00:12

So glad you've figured it out. We were hoping it was not a machine timing
problem. Now, you must resort to some totally ridiculous assistance to get
you through this. Can you put the SM on a big table so you have support on
the left and also to the back? Can you put your ironing board anywhere,
perhaps to your left before the cover approaches the table? Many times,
I've had a mad attack of wanting to back a quilt with a sheet of poly-cotton
and it's done okay, and I almost always use the green-band quilt needles.
It does look wonderful to turn back the quilt to matching bed linens.
Remember to breathe and take lots of breaks. Oops. Poor choice of words.
Polly

"Johanna Gibson" wrote> It was the weight of the cover. Having said that,
if I never work

Quote:

> 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

by **Johanna Gibso** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:34:37

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:00:12 GMT, "Polly Esther"

Quote:

>So glad you've figured it out. We were hoping it was not a machine timing
>problem. Now, you must resort to some totally ridiculous assistance to get
>you through this. Can you put the SM on a big table so you have support on
>the left and also to the back? Can you put your ironing board anywhere,
>perhaps to your left before the cover approaches the table? Many times,
>I've had a mad attack of wanting to back a quilt with a sheet of poly-cotton
>and it's done okay, and I almost always use the green-band quilt needles.
>It does look wonderful to turn back the quilt to matching bed linens.
>Remember to breathe and take lots of breaks. Oops. Poor choice of words.
>Polly

Thanks. I feel a bit silly now. The weight issue seems so
simple... but I was concentrating on my dwindling needle supply and so
didn't remember the basic bits....
Oh, and it was Polly Cotton which I don't want to work with anymore.
I don't mind working with Polly Esther. :)

-- Jo in Scotland

by **Polly Esthe** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:37:35

Not a bit silly, my dear. Silly would been not asking for suggestions from
those of us who have already lived through that problem. As my friend
Martha Pullen of Sew Beautiful often reminds us, "I have already made all of
the mistakes for all of us." Polly

Quote:

> On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:00:12 GMT, "Polly Esther"

>>So glad you've figured it out. We were hoping it was not a machine timing
>>problem. Now, you must resort to some totally ridiculous assistance to
>>get
>>you through this. Can you put the SM on a big table so you have support
>>on
>>the left and also to the back? Can you put your ironing board anywhere,
>>perhaps to your left before the cover approaches the table? Many times,
>>I've had a mad attack of wanting to back a quilt with a sheet of
>>poly-cotton
>>and it's done okay, and I almost always use the green-band quilt needles.
>>It does look wonderful to turn back the quilt to matching bed linens.
>>Remember to breathe and take lots of breaks. Oops. Poor choice of words.
>>Polly

> Thanks. I feel a bit silly now. The weight issue seems so
> simple... but I was concentrating on my dwindling needle supply and so
> didn't remember the basic bits....
> Oh, and it was Polly Cotton which I don't want to work with anymore.
> I don't mind working with Polly Esther. :)

> -- Jo in Scotland

by **Jessam** » Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:02:23

cursive writing ought to be banned - especially when they join the letters
.. eeeeekkkkkk! a dyslexics nightmare!

--
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/jessamy_thompson/my_photos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Your message was easy to read if you are used to reading Middle School
writers everyday. At least yours was typed. They try cursive writing.

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