Beth---Be sure that your machine's foot is in the DOWN position when using the auto threader. I have a feeling that is what is making your threader not useable when near the edge of your design. I thr

Vicky--The "hump jumper" is also called something like "height compensation tool". The one that came with my Janome is beige plastic, in a slight V shape. You use it when crossing bulky seams, or othe

Hello, Group! I have read several massages that the bobbin winding on some machines is less than satisfactory. I have found that my bobbins were winding unevenly on my MC500 machine. After eliminating

Hello--Group--I hope all are being safe and healthy as we wait out the pandemic. I wrote in a couple weeks ago about some thread breakage and the MC500e machine not telling me there was a thread break

Yes, the ONLY positive is as you describe.....getting UFOs done!

Hello Group! OK, I am keeping busy in my workroom, sewing swimwear for when the weather turns nicer. Things are going OK, but I must express my exasperation --once again--with something with the Janom

Favymtz, and others---Thank you so much for the helpful suggestions about my breaking thread on my 500e machine. I am happy to report that it seems to be working now--fingers crossed. I did not have a

Thank you to those who replied to my thread breakage/no warning from my machine (500e). I have checked and re-checked all the usual things, even put ANOTHER new needle in -topstitch style, which is my

Greetings----Just a reality check for me here......I do not see any reference to this in the Owner's Manual......does this machine have a feature that alerts you when a thread break happens? I have be

Favymtz- (and others)--This is from Kathy S, I am the one that initiated the magnets/sewing machine thread and then posted about my "bulldog clip" method. I have found out that the bulldog clip method

On the left side of the Group page, where you can click on Messages, New Topic, etc., there is a choice of Photos folder. Click on Photos and a page will show with some folders, mine is called Kathy's

Mary---The picture is in the Photos section, in a folder called Kathy's Hoop. ( I could not figure out how to attach a photo while I was posting, so I made my own folder. (i since have figured out the

Hello--Yikes, I could not see how to add a photo to the "uploaded Photos" folder, so I just made my own folder, called Kathy's Hoop, with the photo of my practice piece using only the outer hoop and o

Hello everyone. Wow, the "magnets and sewing machines" thread had a LOT of activity and information. I have been looking for a solution and I think I landed on something that is workable, and does not

Diane--Yikes, this message thread has taken on a life of its own. Maybe Janome will take notice and offer a GOOD magnetic hoop suitable for our machines and REASONABLY priced, soon??? I am open to exp

Diane and Jim--Thanks for the info re: magnets. I have never heard of "fishing magnets"---where would one find them, at a sporting goods store? You said you use a "cobbled together hoop". What exactly

I am toying with the idea of a magnetic hoop to facilitate embroidery on quilt sandwiches. Janome does not appear to make one and the others I have seen online are so expensive. I have seen an ad for

Cathy---An A-ha moment!! That "extra base" (something brown) is a piece of dense foam that my machine sits on and that would be raising my machine upwards, making the machine bed and the extension tab

Hello Members---I have a question regarding the use of the extension table with the largest hoop that came with my 500e machine. I was stitching out a design a couple days ago, and the RE28 hoop I was

Good morning---I want to make a post to ask a question and post a photo to illustrate something I am asking about. But I cannot find info on How To Post A Photo to the Group. I went to "Photos" and se