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I have a Janome Memory Craft 5700 sewing and embroidery machine. When sewing using any stitch the thread on the underside of the fabric is looping and making a mess. I have adjusted the top tension, with no luck. I have adjusted the bottom tension, with no luck. Also, I have adjusted the tension settings on the screen display, also, with no luck. Can you help?
how do i correct my tension --i have loops on the underside from my top threadhow do i correct my tension --i have loops on the underside from my top thread
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Re: I have a Janome Memory Craft 5700 sewing and...
Before you take it for a service, how about cleaning the bobbin case. You have to take off the metal plate but them it lifts out easily. get a manual on line to show you how
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Sewing machine tension is a delicate tug of war between the bottom Bobbin tension and the Upper tension to put the loop between the 2 layers of fabric. You set the Bobbin tension first and the the top tension depends on the fabric and the thread used.
Your Bobbin tension is very very loose to be not tensioning at all or the top tension is too loose.
I'm not sure how free motion plays into tension. If you were just sewing regular way with an all purpose foot and feed dogs, what you've described is extreme low top thread tension, regardless of tension selector setting. It's not zero tension as that tends to ball up underside of fabric and break the top thread.
Suggest switching back to an all purpose foot and dogs up, dont rethread or change bobbin or needle. Using scrap of same or similar fabric, see if you can get it to tension correctly with a simple straight stitch.
I suspect its a bobbin tension issue but they're extremely rare.
you may need to use a certain type of thread for jersey knits and stretch fabrics also your machine should have a setting for stretch stitches to allow for smoother sewing
Hi, I downloaded (for free) a copy of the Envision 8006 (and 8007 supplement) manual from the Elna website 2 1/2 years ago. The Envision 8007 is the same as the Janome Memory Craft 5700. I can email you a copy of the manual.
how do i correct my tension --i have loops on the underside from my top thread
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