Design Sewout

[impressingpromo]

Why is it you can sew a design on a hat and have it go completely through the design with NO problems. Then you stick the second one on and everything goes bad. Threads break, bobbins give false breaks or worse, the hat pops off of the hoop. What am I doing wrong. It isn't like this is new to me. This has been happening since the very first hat I have ever put on my machines. I never said anything before because I thought it was normal (for my machines anyway). Now that Rod and Sharon have been here to repair my XT it seems to me that things would have changed, but they haven't. Any suggestions. I am at a loss and ready to close up shop. I do not want to, but I have no idea what else to do.

[Judy]

Hats and I have a love/hate/loate relationship....!! I generally blow out the bobbin area every 2nd or 3rd cap, and rub it out using a dryer sheet when problems start up. And don't forget to check the height of that presser foot!

[Rod or Sharon]

Hi Tara,
Hang in there... Rod had to leave early this morning to go to Pocatello and won't be home until late afternoon. He asked me to tell you that he will call you this evening. Since your machine was sewing well and passed both AMPASS & AMTRIM, he wants to discuss some possible hooping issues.
Sharon

[Just Sew It]

Sounds like hooping to me too, Tara. If the hat material is flagging, too loose, you will get all kinds of false breaks. Once you have the band hooped snugly, do you pull the hat material down from the back and clamp the sides so your embroidery surface is as smooth as possible? Then check the presser foot height again.
Glad if this helps! Everyone is always helping me.

[impressingpromo]

Then why is it that the first hat will sew out with absolutely no thread, bobbin or false breaks. I then hoop as close to the same way on the same hoop and then I get them constantly. I will make a little change to the design reload it and it sews out perfectly again. The very next hat I get trouble again. I am hooping as tight as I can. I have not used the clips for the bottom yet. I am trying them right now and they are not helping. Thank you for the suggestion, but I don't think it is solving my problem.

[HERB]

Tight does not refer to the tension on the strap that hold the cap on the frame. You need to get the face of the cap flat on the frame. Your issues are hooping issues not machine. Feel free to contact me at 208-746-0448 I would be more than happy to walk you through it.

[Digital Stitchz / LaserWorkz]

HAve to agree with Herb. We were having the same problem and after attending a training class at the Long Beach ISS show, we have not had any problems. It is all in how you SETUP for a specific style hat AND how you set the band around the cap.

[oldkush]

Caps can be an embroiderer's best friend or worst enemy ... been there, done that.

When stitching caps, good hooping technique certainly goes a long way in getting a trouble free stitchout but in Tara's case, she did state that the first cap stitches perfect but the following cap[s] cause her grief. Perhaps there is another cause ???

Just as a side note, if flagging appears to be occuring, using two layers of tearaway instead of just one may help.

Bob