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Swiss I know the last thing you want is for me to jump in here and say anything that you disagree with, but I have to say this. EVERYONE except for Jeffrey agreed that it was BRADLEY who was messing up the machines. Allison said it, Tim said it, Laura said it, etc.
I know this is directed to someone else, but I hope you don't mind if I jump in here, tam. Actually, Tim suggested sabotage in his podcast. He mentioned that there were things like that happening all season, and he mentioned how meticulous the production team was in making sure that everything was working and available to all of the designers throughout the season. So he could only conclude that it was the designers sabotaging each other. But in all fairness, I believe he may have qualified that statement by saying that he never actually saw any of it being done. It was only his own suspicion.
I could swear I read or heard it from Tim Gunn that it was Angela who was messing the tension up on the machines. Oh well, I could be wrong.
brillke
Nope That was the rumor here but he never said that.
And I am pretty sure he said it was Bradley. I know for a fact that several others, including Allison, said for sure it was Bradley. In any event, after Bradley was auf'd, you never again heard any problems with the tension of the sewing machines so draw your own conclusions.....
Even if it were Angela, Jeffrey had no right to treat her in the way he did.
Anyway, 5 mins and counting woot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've never used a serger, so I have no idea how to operate one, but I've used plenty of sewing machines of many different makes. One thing that almost never needs to be adjusted is the tension, either thread (upper) or bobbin (lower), especially the bobbin tension. I think it's a common mistake for inexperienced sewers to change the thread tension when they use finer or lighter weight fabrics, when they should be changing the needle and the stitch length instead.
A serger looks like it uses 3 different spools of thread, so I assume but do not know for sure that it also uses 3 bobbins. If the tension is changed on one spool but not the others, I can see a problem happening.
In any case, I think all the designers should have been given either the operating instructions or a quick inservice on using the machines in the work room. Barring that, the designers themselves should have used scrap fabrics and played with the machines to familiarize themselves.