Technical Difficulties with Embroidery Machine by jluvs2fly

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Technical Difficulties with Embroidery Machine
Today started off pretty exciting for me.  I pulled out my embroidery sewing machine, refreshed my memory on operating instructions and decided to embroider my Steem user name jluvs2fly on a piece of jean fabric that I could apply to a canvas tote bag.

![2l45os9qdu.jpg](https://img.esteem.ws/2l45os9qdu.jpg)

I cut the piece of fabric, found some fusible webbing and ironed it onto the back and began to program my sewing machine.  


![aj129se2ao.jpg](https://img.esteem.ws/aj129se2ao.jpg)



I made sure that I had the right size needle and the proper color and type of thread.  Sky blue of course.  

![3z79272clk.jpg](https://img.esteem.ws/3z79272clk.jpg)


Problem number one:  I was following the instructions but I could not see the letters that I entered into the LCD panel on the machine.  The trouble shooting guide said that the contrast button had been turned down.  I finally found the contrast button which was hidden at the top of the machine and I was good to go.  I chose the script letters because I thought that they were cute.


![s04ls0fi1t.jpg](https://img.esteem.ws/s04ls0fi1t.jpg)





Problem number two:  The bobbin thread broke so I replace it with some yellow thread since it would not be seen.  Problem number 3:  The top thread broke too, so I rethreaded the machine, replaced the yellow bobbin thread with the blue thread, cut off the J and started over again.  Problem number 4:  The fabric would not move with the needle and the whole thing bogged down.  I had to pry the thread and paper from the feed dog.  Oh, wait a minute!  I forgot to remove the paper from the back of the fabric after I ironed it on!  No wonder the machine was bogging down.  Okay, problem solved.  Let's get moving again.  The J printed successfully and the L printed nicely, then the needle shifted to a new position and broke in two pieces!



![dratoeryy7.jpg](https://img.esteem.ws/dratoeryy7.jpg)



Okay, it is obvious that I am not ready for prime time and that I need to practice on some scrap fabric until I get the hand of things again.  It's been many years since I used this machine, but I wanted to personlize some things for my grandchildren.  Oh well, I'll have to work this thing out.  

The good news is that I do have some other needles but I am not sure if they are recommended for this fabric and the embroidery.  I will re-read the manual and try this again in a couple of days.  Tomorrow is my heavy art class day with pottery, charcoal drawing, yoga and Spanish.  Where does the time go?  I am too busy sometimes.

Have a good evening.

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@shanibeer ·
Those things, they always take a while to get back into, don't they? I'm sure you'll get there with a bit more time (I agree, though, where does the time go)!
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@lordvdr ·
Sometimes things all go right, sometimes they don't. Hope you get it all working correctly.
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