Re: help with thin cotton sewing

<gab@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello. I have a Viking Platinum machine and have been sewing patches
of cotton knit onto cotton tees without a problem, using zigzag
stitching near the edges. Recently I switched fabrics to a thinner,
slightly stretchier cotton knit and I am having lots of problems--
jamming, fabric bunching up, zigzag stitch not consistant and getting
thinner in spots.
I have tried using a J foot, but it still happens.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Tension ideas?

One thing that I don't think anyone else has mentioned and which may help:
I always catch hold of the threads at the back of the foot as I begin an new
seam. I find this stops jamming that can sometimes happen at the beginning
of a seam.


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