HELP!!! vinyl wont sew

[funkychunkymonkey]

Its table cloth style vinyl and it wont sew nice on my machine. It keeps getting stuck. any advice on how to make it sew? Im trying to make I spy bags.

[HLDisney]

I was just reading about I Spy bags on a crafting forum and the person said that she put tissue paper on the other side of the vinyl, did the sewing and just tore the tissue paper off afterwards

Helen

[Jill in Chicago]

Whenever a sewing project is not going well the first thing to do is change the needle. (I just learned this in a sewing class. You are supposed to toss needles after you have used them for 4 hours.) Also be sure you have the right needle for sewing vinyl. If there is not a specific needle for vinyl try a jeans needle or try a needle that is made for material that slide (like chiffon).

Next make sure all your settings are correct. There is a setting on my machine, on the left side, for thicker fabric. Try changing that. Also try adjusting the length of your stitch.

We sewers tend to move the tension around a lot when there is an issue. In my class I learned that tension is the very last thing to change.

Hope one of these helps!

[funkychunkymonkey]

I used typing paper as a substute for tissue paper and it works great EXCEPT on the zig zag stich. They look great done.