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Random Helpful tip #2

Problem: My Singer futura embroidery machine keeps giving me an E1 error, telling me I have a broken thread or empty bobbin when I don’t. AAUGH!

Answer: If you are using bobbin specific thread, (the clear, stretchy stuff that looks a little like fish line) your machine’s automatic eye is not seeing the thread and thinks the bobbin is empty. I know- crazy that you can’t use the thread you are supposed to use in embroidery, but there you go. Use standard thread. I got 23 errors on one project before I figured that one out, and didn’t find it on Google anywhere! I kept thinking I just didn’t know how to thread the dang machine. Maddening.