[Mitzis Mom]

Originally Posted by SweetPea53

Ohhhhhh my...I had/have the same problem also.....I bought some of the self stick velcro and thought that if I used that and sewed it also it would be extra sturdy...........well all it did was mess up my needle/needles and kept leaving the sticky residue.... so I have learned...you can't use self stick velcro and try to sew it also.....

When you use self stick velcro it helps to put a tiny bit of machine oil on the needle every inch or so. I put the oil on a Q-tip and that way it doesn't drop on the fabric you're sewing.