by mysew1325 21 Jul 2012

Maybe Tip.... I am so upset with myself.. took my eyes off a project for a few minutes and the embroidery machine mess up and fabric fell into embroidery area and ate the shirt.. darn, darn, darn.. good thing I had another shirt.. so I used scotch tape to hold back all the area of the shirt, really seems to be working great.. anyone else use tape to hold fabric out of harm way..

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by graciegirl 21 Jul 2012

Sounds like a great TIP to me.

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by sarahrose 21 Jul 2012

I use lots of straight pins

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by marjialexa Moderator 21 Jul 2012

Sorry for your troubles, but it is a good reminder. I use some large plastic clip-type clothespins, or potato chip bag clips, or pins, tape, whatever is handy. But I dare not leave the machine if it's sewing, because my little cat Lucy-Furr is so darned nosy, she'll get up there and get her paw sewn onto the shirt! This is a picture of my little Lucy, you can just see the mischief in her eyes. Hugs, Marji

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by cfidl 21 Jul 2012

clothes pins.

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by pcteddyb 21 Jul 2012

I have been using Chip Clips to hold the rest of the shirt out of the way - so far so good.

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by bevintex 21 Jul 2012

I keep a roll of masking tape and scotch tape in my supplies.

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by hightechgrammy 21 Jul 2012

I HATE that when it happens! grrrrrr I've been using kitchen clips to hold back the fabrics. I'm sorry it happened to you too!

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by pldc 21 Jul 2012

I too have been there & done that & yes I have used tape too! good thing it didn't get to far

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by berny 21 Jul 2012

I use clips very like plastic bulldog clips,purchased from the poundshop..

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by shirlener88 21 Jul 2012

Kathy, great TIP - I have never used tape - I generally use pins to secure my shirts done and lots of them - the tape would be a great change. So sorry to hear that you have difficulty but that you had another shirt to use.

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by bumblebee 21 Jul 2012

My machine behaves but if I leave thats when it acts up. Yes I use tape and or pins depending because I detest the adhesive spray.

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by zoefzoef 21 Jul 2012

same thing happened to me 2 weeks ago. Bought a black T-shirt, wanted to sew a very nice design on in and in the middle...it got jamed..Nothing else left for me to cut the T-shirt loose..Now I have an unfinished design and a T-Shirt with a hole in it..Don't know what to do..Probably keep it as a test fabric?

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mumzyfarm by mumzyfarm 21 Jul 2012

Wear it as a nite shirt that is what i did. when life gives you lemons make lemonade

pldc by pldc 21 Jul 2012

or add a new patch to cover the hole, hey why not

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