Touch & Sew? There's a chance that you got one of the few sewing machines which doesn't have an external bobbin winding ...nubbin...doohickey on the right-front of the machine. When you're putting in the bobbin, is there a tiny off-white lever with a little red arrow sitting off to the left of the bobbin area? If so, you've got a wind-in-place bobbin, and I consider you lucky. To fill one of those bobbins, set the machine up for straight stitch, slide back the cover plate, put in the empty bobbin, move that off-white level onto the top of the bobbin (to the right), thread the top of the machine normally, but then lead the thread off somewhere secure, as in looping it tightly a few times around the knob which holds the presser foot on. Just apply medium-speed foot power from there, the thread wound around the knob will snap, and the bobbin will begin to fill. And to save future trouble, ALWAYS make sure that lever is NOT in bobbin-winding position when sewing normally.
Kliban_Qat, May 2008
