November 26, 2013 ~ Bork

Mid-conversion

So, I was working on trying to convert Ashlin’s onesies to t-shirts using Therapeutic Crafting’s instructions.  Starting with my least favorite top, I made the cuts  last night to get it all ready to try to do today during lunch.  I had a pile of other long sleeved onesies to follow if this went well.

So, I got a new bobbin wound, the machine threaded and I take my first passes on joining the original edging – “bias tape” – together using a zigzag stitch.  I laid the ends on top of each other and zoomed up the middle.  I pinned the bottom edge of the shirt to the tape, wrong side facing.  Started a zigzag from one side to the other.  It’s going pretty well, for the most part.  The seam was sort of straight, straight enough anyway.

Sewn Together

Just as I get to the middle, where I joined the tape, the machine jams.  Gah!  I pull over the manual and read how to take the lower plate off and the bobbin casing.  I get that done, and then get the onesie unjamed and out.  Put it all back together and re-thread the bobbin again and try again, further away from any loose threads.  Jam.  Again.  Ugh.

Back through the process again, and this time, I try to use just a single layer of scrap material to see how it’s working.  No good.  Bobbin vomit, as I read on Google.  Super.

Anyway.  I’m not sure what to do now.  Any time I try to sew something the lower thread becomes this big knot, and I get a thread jam error on the screen.

Maybe it’s time to knit some new mittens.  At least for tonight.

Not a good jam

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