Questions & Answers for: sewing elastic thread hand

...sewing, When I shirred fabric with elastic thread I would hand wind the bobbin. Also would stitch many rows of stitching before it would shirr. Also the heavier the fabric the more rows of stitching ...

...taught, mif you wind the shirring elastic on the bobbin you will mess the tensions up. If you have a drop-in bobbin, machine wind the elastic thread. This is the only way it works on my

...elastic thread on 100% cotton fabric, but it is not working. The result is very poor. I hand wound the bobbin with elastic thread but unfortunatly is doesn't stretch out enough to do the shirring. I ...

sewing stretched elastic onto fabric, sewing over nylon fishing line to give a fluted edge or stitching over a string of beads. These are best done with a special foot for this purpose, elasticator or

...elastic thread in a Bernette 66 Bernette 66 model......I can't figure out how to thread this thing with elastic thread. If I wind the bobbin by hand, the stitches come out just like regular ...

...sewing machine don't want to work the elastic tread that you use for smocking. I put it on the bobbin. Also, were can I download a free service/ repair manual? Very old model. No owners model with as ...

...a LX-5500 brother sewing machine? Generally, elastic thread should be hand-wound onto a bobbin. Hand winding allows the elastic thread to be wound onto the bobbin without any stretch prior to

...please help me Generally, elastic thread should be hand-wound onto a bobbin to use in a sewing machine. This allows the elastic thread to be wound without any stretch incorporated before

elastic thread onto the bobbin, DO NOT stretch as you wind. Use ordinary tension and sewing foot. Do not sew too fast. I have used this method for sewing smocking on 8 summer dresses and nighties this

elastic thread on Piaf 1475 sewing machine I have tried to shir fabric with elastic thread on my Pfaff 1475, by changing the bobbin tension. Also by changing the thread tension and stitch length. I've