piping foot

[Tirediron]

Hi all,

This forum has been such a great source of info for me as a newbie.  Now I've got a question that I cant find an answer for..

I'm adding piping to a seat cushion.  I bought a set of piping feet for my ol Consew 226 and set the correct size foot up.  It sews it fine, and puts the stitch right up next to the piping edge like it should BUT I notice that the needle comes down a little bit on the plastic piping and then deflects off the piping before it stabs in.  Is this normal?  I worry that Ill eventually break my needle (#20).

I ran about 20 ft of piping this way yesterday.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Wizcrafts]

13 hours ago, Tirediron said:

Hi all,

I'm adding piping to a seat cushion.  I bought a set of piping feet for my ol Consew 226 and set the correct size foot up.  It sews it fine, and puts the stitch right up next to the piping edge like it should BUT I notice that the needle comes down a little bit on the plastic piping and then deflects off the piping before it stabs in.  Is this normal?  I worry that Ill eventually break my needle (#20).

Thanks for any suggestions.

I would get the next available size up in a piping foot set. 

[Tirediron]

Thanks for the answer and...right on, solved the problem!