COMMON MACHINE TROUBLES
The sewing
like any other machine, gives troubles of stitching
like thread
breaking, uneven stitching, puckering, bending and breaking
of needle,
looping of threads, skipping of stitches, etc. Little problems
with the
sewing machine can be very irritating and time consuming.
They can
happen to even the most experienced seamstress.
A person
operating the machine should be able to rectify these and solve
the
problems. Some of the common machine problems are listed below:
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| skipping stitches |
• breaking
needles
• looping
of stitches
• skipping
stitches
• variation
in stitch length
• puckered
seams
• upper
thread breaking
• lower
thread breaking
• machine
not feeding properly
• machine
working heavily
• layers
feed unevenly
• fabric
does not feed in straight line
• cause
damage to fabric
• Puckering
on both layers of fabric
• Puckering
on under layer only
• Shows
feed marks on the under side
• Fabric is
damaged or holes around the stitches
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