Thread problems My Futura machine beeps and tells me the thread is broken and it isn't. Why does it keep beeping when there is nothing wrong with the thread. I have checked to make sure it is threaded correctly. It has worked fine since I bought it two months ago and has just stared doing this.

19 is broken thread detect. I assume it's not breaking thread?


Could be thread has escaped first thread guide near spool and/or tension is extremely low or not at all.

Do you feel difference in no tension when foot up verses set tension when foot down?

Are you using bobbin thread? Is your thead new? Is themachine threaded correctly?

Make sure that when you thread the upper part the thread go under the circle that pull it.

Another thing is that when you hit the start button, pull the upper thread until the machine goes two or three times. It helps the bobbin thread to come up and the machine start sewing.I you leave it along the thread sometimes doesnot comes up and that is why the machine beeps.

I use this technique to make sure it doesnt beep and to cut the thread (the one at the beginning so it doesn't mess my design)

Make sure your thread goes under the plate of the carrousel. If not the machine think is not threaded and it beeps. Thread the machine with your left hand and Pull the thread with your other hand to make sure it "clicks" to every part of the machine.

Another important detail is to add thread nets to your spool. After some used the tension of the machine is affected and the nets help the slippery thread to be pulled by the machine correctly and avoiding the beeping.

I just had this happen to me recently. The machine will beep if it senses any slack in the thread. In my case, the thread that feeds from the spool to the guides under the plastic disc was not all the way in. Re-thread the machine and pull forward on the thread as it passes the guide.

I have a Futura CE150 and error 19 keeps popping up but nothing seems to be wrong with the thread or bobbin thread

you have a bit of cotton blocking a sensor or lever. normally the one that tells you ran out of cotton.

I had the same problem and one day my 9 year old said Mommy the thread is winding and cathing. I noticed that if the thread is not close to the silver metal arm it coils and makes a knot around the silver feed arm and also sometimes it cathces the little white plastic peace where the silver feed arm is connected to the machine.

Look for the buttonhole lever, just in front of the presserlever, on the lefthand side of the machine. Pull it down and push it back to the top. Good Luck

I had the same problem and it turned out the tension was too tight. I had the thread spool holder too tight against the thread spool.

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