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How to thread a sewing machine (top thread and bobbin)

Step-by-step guide to threading a sewing machine: winding and inserting the bobbin, threading the upper thread the right way, and pulling up the bobbin thread, with the small mistakes that cause most problems.

9 min read · Updated 2026

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Hello, I'm Kayleigh — and I write the blog now.

Love Me Sew started as Emily and Sam's blog over a decade ago. I picked up the keyboard a few years back and have been writing it ever since, from a small workroom in Yorkshire that smells permanently of beeswax and freshly-pressed cotton. The blog is small, the posts are slow, and the reviews are honest because nothing here is sponsored.

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