Just made a tarp. I spent more time rethreading the #$%#$% needle than sewing hems and seams and tie outs. My eyes are wore out.
What's a good trick for:
1 - putting the thread through the needle eye? and
2 - keeping the thread in the needle when you move to another step?
Maybe every other time, every third time, when I would move to another step, the thread would pop out of the needle. I tried pulling out a lot of thread before starting, putting it on the right, putting it on the left, putting it in front, putting it in back, ...
Also - using my daughter's machine, an "At Home", something like that. It seems to have a tension setting for the top thread, currently set at 3. Sometimes the bottom stitching is loose. Should I increase the dial on the top, decrease the dial on the top, or do something on the bottom? If on the bottom, what?
Thanks
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