needle plates

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uttered>There is message on another list about needle plates, & I wonder if>anyone has had the same trouble with fabric going down the slot.. and>did buying a single hole plate for embroidery solve the problem ?>

IME it won't - you need to hoop the fabric and/or use a stabiliser, depending what you're doing, and what you're doing it on.

A single hole for embroidery would not work as most use a zig zag stitch. As the other poster suggests proper hoop fitting and perhaps stabilizer is the answer.

Couldn't really use the decorative or even the zigzag stitches with the usual single hole plate. A piece of tissue paper on both top and bottom of the work solves that problem.

I haven't tried doing embroidery, but for normal sewing the single hole needle plate helps tremendously in preventing the fabric going down the hole.

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Until, as mentioned by others, you need to use other than a straight stitch. If, on a basic straight-stitch seam, it keeps happening, I'd be looking at tensions, stitch length etc, because there's something adrift with what you're doing

Hi !! To all who answered.. Many Thanks. I was using a hoop, I was using stabiliser ( 2 layers of iron on ! and one on top of solvy..! on a tee shirt , using a Husqvarna Designer 1 which had just been serviced.. If the hoop does the moving and the needle remains stationary, it should be OK on an embroidery machine.. or does anyone know different ?

On basic sewing it is fine.. it just occurs sometines =BD way through a complex embroidery design.. very annoying, as it happens os fast and then makes a hole in the fabric :(

Occasionally this has happened to me when I'm doing a design with very dense stitching. The needle seems to get "stuck" in the stitches and pulls the fabric up into the needle plate hole. My suggestion is to check the design and adjust the density of the stitching.

That should be OK. The question is why the fabric is getting caught in the first place. We have a Husqvarna Rose, in use all the time, and no fabric has ever been caught in the needle plate during embroidery.

Is it possible that the tshirt fabric isn't taut enough in the hoop? What sort of thread and needle is being used? What sort of thread in the bobbon? New needle for each project? Remember the needle goes through the fabric thousands of times. Experiment on a scrap tshirt of the same weight.

Arri and all, thanks again ! Yes.. bobbin thread may be the answer.. I have been using pre-wounds and it may be a factor. Strangely though, I can go on and finish the peice without it happening again.. it is truely a mystery ! . With 2 layers of iron on stabilizer I would think it is pretty taught. However the density of the design seems to me as if it would destroy the stabiliser, by punching so many times in one area .So that may be a problem. If it had always happened at thte same spot, I would have been on to that right away... but it isn't ! :( I may have to increase my needle changes...even within one large embroidery it may get too worn, maybe ? My Husqvarna dealer proved her honesty by telling me that the stitch plate won't be the answer.. ( she could have sold me one just to make a sale !!) What sort of stabiliser do you all suggest for tee shirts ? .. They are a bit stretchy... I was advised not to use sticky , as it affects the tension when the 'glue' collects on the needle & causes ' pulling' ... I can imagine that too. Yet in other respects it is perfect, being pretty strong.

Would have thought pre-wounds were wound with bobbin thread? Maybe not.

Strangely though, I

Embroidery is like that yes it is.

The stabiliser has little to do with how the piece is hooped. The fabric may need to be adjusted in the hoop after the hoop top is put on.

Did you adjust the stitch density (or the size of the design) from an original? Increasing stitch density doesn't always work out well.

Our Husqvarna dealer is similarly honest. I was going to buy expensive thread for something; she told me it wouldn't work for what I wanted. How many stitches is your design? What size is it? What thread are you using?

Right now I'm using a tearaway from Madeira; sort of light to midweight. Hooping stretchy fabric can be tricky and I don't always get it right the first time. Perhaps you might consider stabiliser on top as well as underneath? Too heavy a stabiliser doesn't always give better results. Tshirt fabric isn't really very heavy.

Good luck!

Hi again, Arri.. & thanks :) Pre-wounds are filled with bobbin thread alright, but because they are not made specifically for the individual machine, they may be a little loose or tight.. & thus snag or pull ( just a guess). I don't put the hoop top on as I use a border of sticky stabiliser around the frame, but stabilise the fabric to be sewn with iron on from my Hus dealer who suggested that.. & yes , it is quite stable, won't move a threadwidth !! I don't touch the thread density ( I am not knowledgable enough !) However it doesn't seem to be the design, or it would happen in the same place each time :( ands it doesn't .. a mystery !! I do also use sulky on top.. forgot to mention that.. also not helping.. just a waste of sulky ... hahaha!! SO.. it looks as if it is just one of the random hazards we face .. It has happened on both my machines.. Bernina 200e and the Des1 .. weird.. it never happened on my Bernina 180... but it might just be a fluke..sigh !

OK. That covers all bases then. Sorry I can't be more help. Just doesn't happen with our Rose.