Tension Help Needed

[Maddog5150]

I'm at a loss here. I feel like I have tried everything and I can't get these stitches to come out right.

The 2nd photo is the top of the test material and those stitches look ok. The first photo shows the bottom and its a mess. I have a test section that is 2 layers of 500 Denier cordura. I started with the grey thread which is Gutterman Mara 50 and using a brand new size 18 needle. I can't get the bottom to tighten up. I have tried rows of stitching using every tension setting from 0-9 and none of them seem to make that much difference. I also tried switching to a black lighter weight Gutterman Mara 70 and that seemed slightly better, but still a mess on the bottom.

Any ideas? This is driving me nuts. I kind of had this with my last project but I thought it was because I was using a silnylon for a tarp and I hear that stuff was a pain to sew. I ended up figuring our a method that came out pretty well or that, but can't for this. I though this material was going to be easy, but this has me stumped.

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[Maddog5150]

I think I have answered my own question. I went and did some reading and it seemed the bobbin tension was the issue. I went back and read my manual and it appears that I was not getting the thread in there properly so there was not enough tension. I think that I was not getting the thread under the tension spring. Tried a few different threads and all seems good now. Hopefully this helps someone else....

Happy sewing

[themicahmachine]

I think I have answered my own question. I went and did some reading and it seemed the bobbin tension was the issue. I went back and read my manual and it appears that I was not getting the thread in there properly so there was not enough tension. I think that I was not getting the thread under the tension spring. Tried a few different threads and all seems good now. Hopefully this helps someone else....

Happy sewing

Brother machine from WalMart? I did the same thing when I first got mine after using a much older machine with a different bobbin configuration.

[Maddog5150]

Brother machine from WalMart? I did the same thing when I first got mine after using a much older machine with a different bobbin configuration.

Brother machine from Amazon.... . Prolly is the same one!

[dudeman_atl]

Here's my brother.

Was the problem how you loaded the bobbin or threaded the top?