Rossnilda Oliveras needed help with a chain stitch problem.

Help!
I have a Bernina Funlock 008D (5 thread). I have thread the all needles and loopers. I can get everything to work except for the chain stitch.
I have adjusted the tension, rethread it, etc. and nothing seem to get
it to work. It will do about one inch of chain stitch before the top
needle thread gets all tangled and loose on bottom part of fabric. Is
it that I am threading it wrong? I have followed the book instructions. Please give me any suggestions on what to do.

Thanks,
Rossnilda

Linda responded:

Are you sure the chainstitch needle thread is tight enough? Make sure it
is flossed into the disk so it can be tightened. Leave a short tail of
chainlooper thread and start on fabric. It does not like to start without fabric.

Let me know how this goes!!!

Hi Linda Lee: Thanks so much. You really made my day. I did what you
suggested and it did work. I have no problem with the chain stitch anymore.
I was able to sew the Duvet I had offered my son for Christmas. The finish on
the Duvet was so pretty. He was as happy as I was.

Mil gracias. Adios. Rossnilda

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I always use the serger to condense the edge of a quilt before adding the binding. It neatens and compacts the edge together. I discovered this when we were working on the "Love Quilt Connection" with Kaye Wood. I was helping set up the format for using sergers in these sew-a-thons a few years ago. It was so easy to finish the edges of the quilt before adding a binding or even decoratively serge finishing the edges. We were interested in speed, durability, and quality.

I also do something similar when adding a binding on quilted clothing: It is the neatest way to bind an edge of a quilted garment.
1. First serge the edges to compact and finish in one step, using a 4 thread stitch.
2. Determine the width of the binding that you will need for the finished edge. I usually cut mine at 2 1/4" wide. Fold the bias binding in half and stitch the raw edges of the binding to the raw edge of the garment with a conventional sewing machine.
3. Roll the folded edge around to the underside and stitch by hand (or machine). If you stitch by hand you have a wonderful thread line from the serged stitch to follow and to attach the hand stitching to.

Note: I attach a bias binding to a sheer vest in a similar way. I serge the bias and finish the edge at the same time. Then I roll the bias to the underside and stitch in place by hand. This is the best way to work with curves because they lay so nice.