My sewing machine won't do a zig zag stitch - brother Ix3817g
hello! I'm fairly new to sewing, however I mostly sew on paper making journals, with occasional fabrics (from thin fabric to thicker fabric)
I recently had trouble with my brothers timing, the top thread wasn't catching on the bobbin so I watched enough YouTube videos that I figured out how to adjust the timing, and it worked great for about a month...
however now it will not make a zigzag stitch. the straight stitching is perfect, I don't see any of the top thread on the bottom and vise versa... but no matter what I do I can't get a zigzag stitch to work on anything... fabric of paper.
I've watched a few videos and seen on other machines that you can adjust the needle bar via a small screw once you take the cover off... is that true for my brother also?
anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this problem?
also, what needle would you use if you were to sew paper? would it be a different needle if I was just selling like regular copy paper and as opposed to cardstock or does that matter?