Which Bobbin Fits My Machine, and How to Tell
You have run out of bobbins in the middle of a project, the manual is somewhere in a box, and …
Needles & Thread
Needle sizes and points, thread weight and fiber, bobbin classes. Which one fits your machine and your fabric, in plain language.
When to Change a Needle, and What Breaks If Not
Almost nobody changes the needle often enough. It is a small metal part that looks identical after fifty hours of …
Topstitch Thread: The Jeans Seam That Shows
You finish a pair of jeans, hem them neatly with the all purpose thread that was already in the machine, …
Storing Thread: Why Old Spools Snap
Somebody hands down a sewing box and it is full of beautiful old wooden spools in colors nobody sells anymore. …
Sewing Machine Thread: Weight, Fiber and What Snaps
Thread is the part of sewing that nobody researches until something goes wrong. You buy a spool that matches the …
Bobbins: Class 15, L and M Explained
Bobbins look like the most generic part in sewing. Little plastic discs, sold in bags of twenty, apparently identical. Then …
Polyester or Cotton Thread: Which Seam Survives
Two racks of thread, almost the same price, almost the same colors, and one says polyester and the other says …
Needle Sizes Explained: 70/10 up to 110/18
The little plastic case of needles that came with your machine has numbers on it that nobody explains. 80/12, 90/14, …
Ballpoint or Universal: The Knit Fabric Rule
You sew a t shirt on the machine that has handled every cotton project without complaint, and the seam comes …
Which Needle for Which Fabric: The Short Chart
Most needle questions are really one question asked at the fabric shelf: this is what I am sewing, what do …
Sewing Machine Needles: Sizes, Points, When to Change
Needles are the cheapest part of a sewing machine and the one that causes the most trouble. Skipped stitches, shredded …