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    Metallic threads for the embroidery module

    Hi all. As some of you know I use metallic threads a lot in free motion quilting and embroidery and usually manage to get it so it has no problem at all. But I have been trying to get the same kind of good results when I use my embroidery module on my B830 LE. I need to get this to work better. Even with the best threads I get tangles of the metallic that is loaded in the top thread on the back side. If I lower the tension on the top to one, as Bob suggests for the Superior thread, it leaves lots of loops on top (using Superior or Presencia metallic threads with Superior Bottom Line on the bottom). I have found it looks best on top with about a 2.0 top tension, and default embroidery threading on the bottom. But I still get the snarls or metallic tangles on the back and eventually the thread will break or leave a snarl in the bobbin area that requires great amounts of cleaning. I have the little gadget on that allows you to put the upper thread through the thread lubricant. So I thought something must be dramatically wrong with my machine. But when I went back to "regular" sewing, it sews like a charm with the metallic thread. I think I can get the design done in such a way that it won't come out, and I will be hiding the back because I'm embroidering it before construction and it will be inside the quilt, so I can use it. But I'd like to get better results. I even tried slowing the machine down a lot. Do any of you have any suggestions?

    Oh, and by the way. The embroidery module does great with regular threads..no problems at all.

    "Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
    Betty Jo

    #2
    I posted a quick reply and it seems to have gone into space.
    I said ....If you are using Superior threads get in touch with Bob
    Good luck
    Anne

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      #3
      Betty Jo, I mean well when I say this. There was a Betty Jo Tatum fabric artist who had a great guide on using metallics on her blog. I was having the same problems with embroidering with metallics that you describe below. I was getting super-frustrated because I was working on a design I had digitized myself--Chinese good luck bats for the Sedona Star BOM. I know Superior Threads says to use an upper thread tension of 2 but that was giving me the same results on the back side of the fabric that you are suffering with. I looked at your blog entry on metallics at that time http://blog.bjfabricartist.com/searc...p;dt=a&al= and was shocked that you suggested an upper thread tension of 3.5, but I had exhausted everything else that I could come up with on my own, so I tried your suggested 3.5 AND IT WORKED BEAUTIFULLY! The back looked as good as the front at upper tension of 3.5 so that is what I ended up going with. It does sound counter-intuitive on the surface but you may want to give it a shot. Let us know if it works and hang in there!

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        #4
        ops: :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Well, I should look at my notes. It's been a while since I did metallic embroidery. I'll give my own advice a whirl. LOL

        "Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
        Betty Jo

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          #5
          It was great advice, BJ, so much so that I stowed it away in my electronic sewing diary although I haven't forgotten "3.5" yet! and I swear by it to this day so thank YOU!

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            #6
            I must make an electronic sewing diary...much better than a pile of notes scattered in my drawer.

            "Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
            Betty Jo

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              #7
              I will try to remember this. Haven't had the guts to use metallics with the embroidery module. Yet :wink:

              living in Central Denmark
              Charlie Brown: The secret is to look fantastic at a distance

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                #8
                Originally posted by Zarah
                I will try to remember this. Haven't had the guts to use metallics with the embroidery module. Yet :wink:
                Norma, just make sure you set your machine setting to a slow pace--it gives the metallic thread some time to unwind and relax as it moves through the machine's wickets and it also keeps it from twisting too much.

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                  #9
                  BJ I really want to know how you get on with taking your own advice via Renata. :lol: Isn't this forum wonderful.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Reetzbobeetz
                    BJ I really want to know how you get on with taking your own advice via Renata. :lol: Isn't this forum wonderful.
                    Rita, I'll post pictures and provide a report on my results from using my own advice via Renata. Too funny!

                    "Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
                    Betty Jo

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                      #11
                      I love it here! I just know I am not normal. And that's okay. Who'd want to be normal anyway? Boring!! But is sure is nice to know there are others out there who just love to figure out how to get it done and have it come out right even if it takes forever and finding advice from halfway round the world even if it was in your own backyard to start with. You've got to admit we're all just a bit strange. But like I said before, "That's okay?"

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                        #12
                        :lol: :P :lol:
                        Lotti, Kuessnacht - Switzerland

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Renata
                          Originally posted by Zarah
                          I will try to remember this. Haven't had the guts to use metallics with the embroidery module. Yet :wink:
                          Norma, just make sure you set your machine setting to a slow pace--it gives the metallic thread some time to unwind and relax as it moves through the machine's wickets and it also keeps it from twisting too much.
                          Yes and setting the thread up in a very special way, so it just unwinds directly from the spool. I had a very strange problem with Glitter thread, normal sewing. The brown did well after I lifted it up and made it go straight in the machine, but the clear was broken in two stitches, all of course with the same settings. Then I saw Bernina's Master Class 2 and the clever technician showed how to thread with this special thread. He had an even more direct threading than I and it worked. Guess who was happy?

                          living in Central Denmark
                          Charlie Brown: The secret is to look fantastic at a distance

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Zarah
                            ...Then I saw Bernina's Master Class 2 and the clever technician showed how to thread with this special thread. He had an even more direct threading than I and it worked. Guess who was happy?

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                              #15
                              Is Bernina's Master Class 2 posted on their website? I'd love to watch it too!

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