I wanted to share another tip with you from my time at the sewing machine store.
How quickly do you sew? We’re not talking can you whip up a bra in an afternoon, or a purse in a day. No. This is about the speed at which you set your machine to sew. Do you see that lever?
Most machines now have a speed lever, or some way to control and choose how quickly your machine will sew. Mine has a tortoise and hare to help know which is slow and which is fast.
Did you know our sewing machines have been designed to work their best when going mid-speed? That’s when they make the best stitches for us.
I prefer to sew right about that mid-speed setting. However, I’ve always wound my bobbin on high-speed, or when doing a three-step Zigzag. I found out that’s a no-no. Our bobbins will wind better at a mid-range speed, and all our stitches will be formed better at that mid-speed.
Happy creating!
I always wind my bobbin full speed too – perhaps I’ll slow it down now!
I’ve been winding mine now on a mid-speed and it seems to take forever. I’m reminding myself it’s better this way.
I don’t do anything fast. I sew slow.
You’re good then. Perfect stitches. Perfectly wound bobbins.