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Yes, I am indeed making a G4 pack and this is my first experience sewing. It asks for three long bar tacks along the collar that sits overs the shoulder straps where they attach to the back piece.
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The fabric is coated oxford. Also I mention that the stitch is to the side of the first stitch, it's because when I turn the fabric 180 degrees it starts stitching to the side of the first pass. I...

It looks like my machine uses 0.4 for the stitch length and 2.0 for the stitch width for the bartack function. That combo seemed to produce nice sized bartacks with the buttonhole foot. ...

I've read some things online that indicate that a bartack is done with a zigzag stitch with a stitch length of 0 and the stitch width to the desired stitch width.
In addition I've read that you...

Thank you so much! :boggle:

I think I'll just cut off the back splice and put the exit splice for the main loop further away from the fixed loop. I put it right at the end of the fixed eye bury which is just too close.

I'll...

Everything seemed to work out fine. I was really hesitant to sit in it at first, because those lines just look so small! There is one problem. I wasn't able to wrap the fixed eye loop around the...

Have you looked at the original patterns for the G4 pack that Gossamer released back in 2006? This may or not be of any help to you.

I started making this last week as my first sewing project. ...

It doesn't appear that tension is the issue, but I do think that the thread may be getting caught on the feeding plate possibly. The only reason I think that is when I start the bartacks the...

Thank you everyone. I did get the slings put together late last night and expect to attach them and test tonight. Hopefully my next post doesn't involve a bruised bottom!

I'm not positive exactly what a "birds nest" would look like. I pictured it as you would see a birds nest if looking at one from the top. It seems like it's just a really tight ball of stitching,...

If it helps to know, I am just looking for a 1" fixed eye to connect to my HH Explorer.

Thank you all for your suggestions. I really don't know anything about thread tensioning, so I am going to have a look at those spots where it got stuck and see if that appears to be the issues. ...

I am trying to make a set of whoopie slings with Dynaglide but I am second guessing myself. I read that Dynaglide only needed a 6" bury, but I can't find any Dynaglide whoopie specific instructions...

The brother has a buttonhole foot just for making button holes, but it also is used for the automated bartack stitch on the machine. Essentially you set the length of the bartack on the buttonhole...

Ok, I have been lurking here for a month now. I read, read, and read....then read some more. I ran out and got a HH Explorer and immediately converted two of my friends to hammocks.

After our...

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