Image 1 — Bottom thread intermittent bunching
Image 2 — Bottom thread intermittent bunching
Image 3 — Bottom thread intermittent bunching
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Bottom thread intermittent bunching

Why is my bobbin thread bunch like this? I’m at my whits end and want to stop altogether.

I have rethreaded multiple times, adjusted my tensions, and pulled any small remnants of thread fuzz from the inside of my machine. I will get a little ways before it bunches up, then it will be bad for a little bit then clean then bunching. Or it will be bad>good>bad.

Pic 1 is the back of the project, and you can see the first 4 threads were pretty good, the next three are basically trash. Pic 2 is a close up of the more recent section (top left). Pic 3 is the front and you can see that the top thread looks good.

u/Old-Instruction4640 — 3 days ago

1st Square, 3rd DP done! 📕 🌸

All in all I’m not mad at it. Took longer than rounds and I don’t love the gapping, but I’ll stop fretting so I can move onto the next one - it’s got BEES!!! 🐝 🍯🌻💛

u/Old-Instruction4640 — 2 months ago