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My Babylock clear foot broke !
niki913 Member since 11/1/09 Posts: 28	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/23/13 9:16 AM I had been annoyed lately that my very expensive Babylock Coverstitch started to skip stitches.I changed the needles ,changed to a different type of wooly nylon in the lower looper,fiddled with the pressure button to no end but the day before yesterday I tried to coverstitch the hem of a t-shirt and my clear foot broke in the middle.I tried to glue it with crazy glue but it didn't work.Maybe it was snagging the thread and causing skipped stitches because I changed to the regular metal foot and there are no more skipped stitches.Also,while looking online to buy another clear foot,I discovered that my Babylock dealer sold me an Evolve clear foot because the clear foot for the coverstitch is substantially much smaller.No wonder my foldover attachment didn't fit right ! At least I have no more skipped stitches and can get the want of an industrial coverstitch out of my head,lol ! Yep,I was thinking of selling it and buying an industrial coverstitch.
skae   Advanced MN USA Member since 4/23/07 Posts: 2746	Login to reply to this post In reply to niki913 << Like this post Date: 2/23/13 9:32 AM I certainly would take that foot back to the dealer. If it cause so much problems before they should give you a new foot the right one. Make sure the part no is the same that you looked at on line. Print that page of the same foot you have and the one that really fits your machine. Check your manual for the no. there to make sure it is the same. if they don't give you a new foot. COMPLAIN TO THE COMPANY. They will get word and will not be happy. ------ Galatians 5:22-23 The Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these
niki913 Member since 11/1/09 Posts: 28	Login to reply to this post In reply to skae << Like this post Date: 2/23/13 10:59 AM Ha,you've got to be kidding me! He will never change it and he will never admit that he sold me the wrong foot ! There are only 3 dealers in Nyc ,one in Brooklyn,and two in Queens but the other one in Queens it's too far away , close to Long Island.Besides, it's almost 5 years old and these things brake anyway , right ? Last time I complained to Babylock because my Ellegante was still having problems with thread nests while embroidering and he failed to fix it he barked at me and made me feel bad that I ever bought anything from him.I recently went to him to ask how much he'll charge to tune-up my Ellegante and he said to bring it it and he'll give me an estimate. Boo Hoo ! He never lets anyone check the machine in the store if it works right after it's fixed either.Anybody fed up like me in Nyc ?
PattiAnnJ   Advanced OH USA Member since 12/3/06 Posts: 5000	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/23/13 11:30 AM Sounds like a good enough reason for me to move away from the city!
beauturbo Advanced CA USA Member since 5/2/09 Posts: 1457	Login to reply to this post In reply to niki913 << Like this post Date: 2/23/13 2:32 PM That is the bad thing about plastic feet. Nice to be able to see though them, but if you hit them with a needle, most times they are gonners, and crack and such. I have actually done that with a couple of single small hole straight stitch clear plastic feet on a sewing machine, when I forgot and changed to a zig zag stitch there and even wrecked a plastic foot. I think the evolve feet are really hard to buy and figure out exactly what they even do, by just the names of them. I had to even open packages and pull out the instructions and read them to even tell which each one would do, when I bought them for my evolve overlocker in person. The naming conventions on the feet is kind of strange. Babylock uses the word "fell" or "felling" a lot on the feet. To them, I finally figured out, fell or felling just means to turn under any edge and it could be either in a upwards turn or downwards turn just depending on the metal curl of something. To me, the word fell or felling, at first did not even that meaning to me, and I kept associating it, and referencing it more with " flat felled seam" as in a seam turned under in two places, in two different directions, as so it would all be covered and not unravel, more like in a "flat felled seam" on a pair of jean pants or such. But the people at Babylock that name those things, were not thinking like me there at all.
SandiMacD   Intermediate FL USA Member since 2/8/09 Posts: 1055	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 2/24/13 6:11 AM As much as I love my dealers for the machines it seems like many of their staff are woefully inadequate on accessory knowledge. Bobbins and feet are usually not in stock. Color coded packaging changed and numbering is different and whenever a sales clerk spends more time looking at what is on the rack than I do I know I am in trouble! I have taken to ordering from Colorful World of Sewing and Sewing Machines Plus and other online companies that require my model number in the comment field. I can call or email them with questions and so far they have sent the correct foot or attachment every time. At least the staff seems to know which numbers fit the models I have and they have saved me from ordering the wrong product (by picture) more than once. Amazon is the worst by picture. I don't trust then anymore. They substitute manufacturer and buy bulk lots of seconds and their product quality has been all over the board for the past 6 years. So I deal with Amazon's secondary links by going directly to their sites and contacting them with my questions. Allbrands never seems to ship- always on back order but the other two I mentioned have been excellent in filling my orders correctly. ------ re-living my youth through sewing...

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