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Bird's nesting on a Brother embroidery machine is most often caused by incorrect upper thread pathing or improper bobbin insertion. Re-thread the machine completely, ensuring the bobbin is correctly seated and unwinding in the proper direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bird's nesting on a Brother embroidery machine is most often caused by incorrect upper thread pathing or improper bobbin insertion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16568,16549],"tags":[19340,19334,19341,19338,19337,19335,19336,19339],"class_list":["post-117165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brother","category-errors-and-solutions","tag-bobbin-thread-jamming-solutions","tag-brother-birds-nesting","tag-brother-embroidery-troubleshooting","tag-brother-thread-tension-problems","tag-embroidery-machine-birds-nest-fix","tag-embroidery-thread-jamming","tag-fix-thread-jamming","tag-prevent-birds-nesting"],"yoast_head":"\nBrother Embroidery Machine Bird's Nesting: Error & Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Resolve bird's nesting and thread jamming on your Brother embroidery machine. 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