I want you to help me make a change. By servicing and repairing your own tools, and yes, I mean your sewing machines too, you’ll be helping to keep them going for years, giving you all the joy you hoped you’d ever want from indulging in a mindful craft.
I am engineering graduate and qualified (maths) teacher. I volunteer with a charity, repairing vintage sewing machine. I have worked, maintaining and running 200 year old weaving looms and spinning machines. I have fixed hundreds of sewing machines, overlockers and embroidery machines and taught sewing to hundreds of individuals from every age group.
All of us are after a sustainable future. We want change; machines made with ethical manufacturing. Tonnes of polystyrene waste is created by the sewing machine industry. It's no good buying a machine from a company who haven't made a positive change for our future!
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My janome has suddenly started snaping threads particularly on the furthest right looper. I've cleaned it, oiled it and re threaded. I've even changed threads, adjusted the tension and it still keeps snapping. Any suggestions?
Thank you so much for this clear and easy to follow "how to thread" video. I was at my wits end trying to thread my new overlocker. You really helped me 😊
Hello Abi. You are amazing and have helped me struggle through my early days of overlocking. I have a question, please. Do you know if the latest Overlocker accessories (which all have different model numbers) are compatible with the M343D? Having watched your video about the useful accessory feet, I have tried everywhere to buy any one of them with no success. I realize this machine is no longer current but I would have expected to find them available somewhere. Even the Brother UK site didn’t help. I would be very grateful if you get a chance to answer this. Pat
Hi Pat. All brother overlockers are the same and all feet are compatible with every model. So if you’re looking for feet you should be able to find them online. I bought generic feet at less than £5 from eBay but that was precovid time Good luck
OMG thanks so much for this video. Just got one of these today, I don’t have a DVD player so the DVD that came with it wasn’t much use, couldn’t really make much sense of the manual either. This video!! Amazing. So easy to follow, so easy to thread this machine because of it. You’re amazing!! Xx
I bought mine in 2008 I recently gave it away coz I upgraded to a Lidl singer back in 2017 now I wish I never did coz my daughter showed interest of learning how to use a sewing machine but the one I have at the moment is a bit too complicated for her. I’m now looking for he silver crest sewing
I just got my overlocked last week. I love this little purse and how you explained it looks so simple. I am not a sewer but I’m excited to make this. Thank you for this video 🤗
أوه لا! هل يمكنك ربط الماكينة؟ يجب عليك القيام بذلك ببطء وبعناية. تأكد من أن الخيط السفلي يسير في الاتجاه الصحيح وأن القطع الصحيحة مستخدمة. إذا كنت تستخدم بكرة مختلفة في الأسفل، فلن تعمل. أتمنى أن تقوم بحل المشكلة بسرعة، شاهد مقاطع الفيديو الخاصة بي لترى "كيفية ربط ماكينة الخياطة"
I have this machine but not correct all adjustment because i'm disassembly all part and now i'm confused bout how to return because i don't have the service manual 😭😭😭
Really clear video. I'm completely new at this. But....once the bobbin was dropped in, there was no instruction about what to do with the thread and suddenly the cover was back on with no explination. Where does that thread from underneath go?.
Thank you so much for making this tutorial! I spent 2 hours this morning trying to rethread the lower loop after a needle broke on a 3 minute job. The instruction manual isn’t easy to navigate and the information you gave about the threader (which is very confusing in the manual when you don’t know what they are talking about!) really helped to demystify the pictures on page 32. Also, following your tutorial I realised the order of threading is important as I had rethreaded the lower loop correctly, but couldn’t understand why the thread broke each time I started using it. Thank you also for explaining about how much easier it is to thread when you lower the blade and remove the foot. I really am so grateful to you for this video and for helping me to understand my machine!
Hello Abi. Thank you so much for good videos. I live far from a service technician, and they charge a bundle for servicing combo machines. But you gave me the confidence to take my husqvarna s-25 apart and clean it thoroughly. Bought it second hand, but now it is clean as a whistle and sews like a dream.
Change them when you see the fabric is being mangled rather than cut. However on some machines the blades can slip down a little which gives the effect of blades becoming dull. In reality you shouldn’t need to change them for years and years (20 years on mine 🌟)
Thank you for guiding me through. I love sewing but stopped years ago. I took it up again and bought the JL110 however struggled using it. Your video has helped tremendously.
Thank you. Do you think tension, needle size, fabric type and thread quality play a part. I personally see that lots of different things affect puckering but i agree, stabilising well helps.
Thank you so much! I just bought this overlocker and other videos don't go straight to the point but this one does. Definitely will save and like this video for future threading❤
Hi Abi, you have just saved me from going insane and chucking my overlocker out the window, which would be a shame as ive always wanted one and finally have it! The official video on this was so confusing with the green thread, im so glad I gave up on it and found yours, its was so clear. Thank you! 😊
I had to check with a friend, and tbh she is disappointed ☹️ I really do like the necchi machines above the Janome and Brother machines. Even the Bernina|s Bernette aren’t a match
Thank you so so so much for this! I have been getting so frustrated with my machine..I felt like I had tried everything. Thank you thank you thank you!
@@AbisDen I sew thick velvet fabric and my upper thread gets tangled under the fabric(where the lower thread is) I don’t know what to do, please help me I sew for a living
I seriously considered this because I really like the overall form of just having one button to press (which shows the recommended presser foot right there). No having to look up a booklet and then select a mode button and then press three or four times, and then consult your booklet for a stitch number and enter that. No checking the display three or four times. Ergonomically, the IDEA of this is great. I don’t need a couple of dozen fancy stitches plus a Cyrillic alphabet, pretending to be 300 stitches: this would do me fine. But I keep hearing that the build quality lets it down.
I really don’t like this machine. A number of ladies have brought it in for lessons or for repair. It’s really not the best of machines. The quality of stitching is let down by the poor quality machine. I’m sorry but good on you to keep researching x
