aborning

The past 2 weeks I quilted two quilts--but with frustration. I would be quilting and then get to a certain spot and it would start giving me long skipped stitches and then switch back to regular stitching. The skipped stitches occured only when moving in a horizontal direction. My husband looked at the cabling while I was quilting and watching the cords and moving them around and we got them placed to where it wouldn't do it. But every new time I go to use the machine, it does the same thing. Then I move around the cords until I get them placed in a position where it doesn't do that. Yesterday I spent 2 hours moving around the cords and quilting on practice material I had off to the side of the real quilt. I finally must have gotten the cords laying in a position where my stitching was working ok and it wasn't doing skipped stitches in a certain area, and I dared to start doing the real quilt. I just got this Tin Lizzie 18 LS right before Xmas and it didn't do this the first couple weeks when I was using practice material to learn my machine but now it has started doing this and today I did one pass on the quilt and then on the second row, it started doing it again and I can't seem to get the cable moved around correctly for it to work. The Dealer who sold me the longarm recently had the same problem and she said it may either be the Y cable connected to the stitch regulator sensors or it is the sensor that regulates the horizontal sewing. (That's what it was for her). She has ordered me new parts but now I need to wait a week for them to come. Has anyone else encountered this problem with the Tin Lizzie? And if you did, was it the sensor or cable connected to it? or was it something else? I a so frustrated and just want it fixed so I can Quilt! I would appreciate any suggestions anyone has the might fix this problem. Thanks.

MaryStoaks

You might try quilting with the stitch length regulator turned off. The stitch length will be shorter or longer depending on how fast you move. I did and it made me a better quilter with more control. Keep you eye on the needle! At least you could quilt untill your new cords come.

KathyAire

I don't know about a TinLizzie, but when my DSM skips stitches it is usually time to change the needle.

EIQuilter

Sometimes you can get skipped stitches if your fabric is pulled too tight - try loosening it a bit and see if that helps.

patricej

i don't have a longarm, so this is a shot in the dark.

your dealer is most likely on the right track.

just in case, though, i thought it'd throw a tidbit into the mix.

when my machine skips stitches while i'm working on a quilt sandwich, it nearly always means i need to switch to a bigger needle.

rivka

I just bought my own Tin Lizzie LS (used), and would hazard a guess that it's the encoders, especially since it happens only when moving horizontally. I know a lot of people have had encoder problems with the LS, and supposedly the DLS (latest Tin Lizzie) is supposed to resolve a lot of those problems -- but I can't afford to upgrade my machine right now.

My circuit board was bad on my machine, and I got a new one within a week; all is good now, so hopefully the new parts will fix your problems!

brushandthimble

when I first got my HQ i had that problem and was told to push down (or bend if needed) the wheel for the SR. DH helped me and no other problems in the last 3 years.

sewwhat85

great ideas

aborning

i did finish the quilt that day using Manual mode. But I didn't like doing it that way. It seemed hard for me to concentrate on both getting the design perfect and concentrating the same time on trying to move the machien with a consistent speed for cosistent stitches. It did turn out ok but I will not do another quilt until the problem is solved. The Dealer had me switch the sensors around to see if the vertical stitch now switched --but it didn't --it still skipped on the horizontal. So he's thinking it it the Y cord that connects to the sensor . The cord is on order and hopefully that will solve the problem.

aborning

I changed the needle to a new needle right away to see if that was the problem--but unfortunately it wasn't.