dray25luera

Hello, Thank you all for your feedback. Currently I make wallets, keychains, and coin purses which are all hand sewn. I primarily wanted to move to a sewing machine to hopefully expand my inventory with tote bags, belts, and other accessories. I work with 2-3oz leather currently but will need to go thicker for various projects. The thread that I attempted using was Thread # 69 T70.

Hello, I am a novice to the craft and recently made the decision to purchase a sewing machine, I made the mistake of going for something that was affordable at the time instead of doing further research. I ended up purchasing the Consew T-1919 through Tandy. I have since read many of the forums on here and realize my mistake. I am currently having the hardest time getting a stitch going (which could definitely be user error). The thread seems to be snapping in the tension knob so I have tried lowering the tension and it still seems to snap or unthread itself. Long story short, I have searched high and low on videos or information on this machine to see if i am the problem or not. I have come up empty. So for one, does anyone have any advice or knowledge on this machine? Two, I have talked to some people at a sewing place and they have got me interested in the Janome Memory Craft 6700P. Anybody with information on this machine and if it is worth me investing in?