I want to hem my husband's lined jeans - what is the best needle to use and which tread would you recommend I buy for this awl to accomplish this?
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I use the kit needles to sew heavy leather. For jeans, a thinner needle would be better because the ones in the kit are large. Speedy stitcher does have smaller needles but I never used it. As far as the thread goes, polyester is really strong, maybe overkill for jeans. Nylon is strong also, if you are worried about strength I would use one of those. The Thread Exchange (website) has good information about different threads. Sorry, I do not have specifics but the needles and polyester thread that comes in the kit are likely too thick for what you want.
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It takes a 'normal' sewing needle. I use Schmetz brand #11s for general purpose. There are many reasons for needles breaking. Wrong needle for material or maybe the needle was too tight or too loose. I break needles in my embroidery machine almost weekly!
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My experience is that the Distinctive a narrow Rolled Hem Foot is good for heming, but a bit of a challenge when turning corners where there's usually thickness of the fabric. Will a bit of practice and patience you might get it to work for you.
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I love my Janome magnolia sewing machine, but I don't think that I would try making denim clothes on it, unless I would perhaps serge first and then press to one side and top-stitch the fabric. I would certainly proceed with caution with any machine though and be sure to use the appropriate needle. Hope this helps.
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I just hemmed 4 pairs of jeans. I used a heavy duty needle and had to raise the presser foot at the seams to get over the thickness but it did a good job.
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You need to use the right needle for the fabric. There is a chart in the manual. Purchase a jeans needle. It does not have to be the Singer brand. This machine has two levels for the presser foot height. Just lift the presser foot as high as it will go, then lower to test this function. Invest in a "hump-jumper" or "jean-a-ma-jig", These are sold with sewing notions and help level the presser foot when approaching a thick area such as the flat-felled seams on the inside seam of the jeans.
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I use the same needles for all my machines. It is an embroidery needle 75/11. I get mine online from Home Sew.com. I buy them in bulk. Hopefully this helps
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Any standard needles you use will work. If you don't own them, they are relatively inexpensive at places like Walmart, Michaels and Hobby Lobby.
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Check your instruction manual and also take a look at the needles that came with your machine. If you're using a standard sewing machine needle (which I'm guessing you are) then the Schmetz Jean & Denim needle will fit and work with your machine. I use the Jean & Denim needle in my Janome and it works like a charm. You might want to slow down the speed on your stitching if you're sewing heavy fabric. Good Luck!
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Good day. Yes you may use leather but have to be thin.The blade that comes with the machine is good for clothes,plastic and not real thick leather.I suggest that the use of a thicker standard needle will be need for leather.Also the use of only one needle in step of the two will make the job easier and a strong polyester or nylon spools to make strong threads.Then some practice and the recommended settings on the chart will do the best.High quality spools is highly recommended. That's it......
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When you stop sewing a coverstitch, DON'T SEW OFF THE FABRIC, just stop, raise the presser foot and use an awl to pull the needle threads forward about six inches. Still holding the thread forward, move the fabric backward from under the presser foot and clip the threads. This can be difficult because the pressure foot lever goes the opposite direction of conventional levers, but move it higher to release the fabric.
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When you are working with satin material, it is best to use a cutaway or tear away stabilizer and a 75/15 sharp needle. I hope this will help. If you have need any kind of information go to Embroidery Library Projects, it is free to join, can get a lot of help and also get free embroidery patterns. Good luck
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I would not try sewing heavy denim with this machine. Material such as denim would require a more heavy duty needle and a bit more power. However, if it was a denim/spandex blend that you see in dress jeans, I would not hesitate because this fabric tends to be thinner and used for fashion not function. Hope this helps. Joy
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Yes, you must thread it yourself the old fashioned way! I have three sergers, an Elna and two brothers and I have never seen a conventional needle threader on a serger. It's probably because it would be difficult or impossible to make one that would thread two needles next to each other. There are some sergers, (high end Brothers, I think) that claim to thread themselves using some kind of air puff system, or something, but I've never seen one in action and I don't know if even they thread the needles, or just the loopers. This is a very nice serger by the way, and I use it in preference to my higher end Elna all the time.
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I believe this would work! One of our employee-owners has knitted and crocheted with hemp twine, and it worked, so we think it would work with jute twine. Her tips were to use larger gauge knitting needles, and to use metal needles, not wood. She also cautioned that your fingers will hurt by the end! Good luck.
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Thread I got with mine was tan in color, i ordered an extra spool and it was black. Needle was average size no idea what size that is but it works good on heavy canvas.
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I've not had any difficulty with denim. Just today, I sewed Suede, the machine handled it without any problem. The button holing is super easy. They come out really nice. The largest I've done is a little over an inch. I've still not used all 30 of its stitch capability. I recently made photography backgrounds for my wife's photo business. Different weights of fabric were used. No problems on any of them.