Happy New Year

To all our customers, we'd like to wish you a very Happy New Year. Just in case you haven't seen our website recently, we have more news. We'll be carrying Lite Steam-A-Seam 2 in packages of 5 sheets. We should be receiving the product by mid-month. We've receive the Wonder Thead Guides they they are selling like hot cakes. I know I sure love mine! It made my life so much easier when I was working on FSL during the holidays. I'll remind you that this product totally eliminates tangling, twisting and thread pile ups. It works with all machines with spool holders - either horizontal or vertical. We tested it extensively and always got excellent results.

You could alternatively do what one of our customers Janice from Okotoks AB has done which was place a vertical spool holder on top of the machine in the little slot provided, put a small red felt pad down on the vertical spool holder and then placed the spool of thread on this so that the thread was standing up vertically. Then she threaded the machine as usual. As explained, the thread was now coming off the spool sideways (as it had been wound on), so that the thread came off without twisting. (When you pull the thread up from the spool or unwind from the end of the spool, it "can" twist on itself which is what causes problems when the thread goes thru the tension "disks". She says if you follow this procedure it will work like a charm. The only issue with this is that the machine has to work harder to pull the thread which may cause more wear and tear on the machine but is certainly an excellent temporary fix.



Some of her other suggestions was to use an size 90/14 Organ needle and reduce the machine speed at 600 SPM.

Thank you Janice for your suggestions! We appreciate them.


On a personal note, I always use a size size 90/14 Organ needle on metallics (no, I don't buy a "metallic needle") and I also reduce my speed at 600 SPM and I get great results.


Have a great sewing year!


Linda