Originally Posted by
DawnFurlong
Leah Day swears by leaving the feed dogs up and setting the stitch length to 0. She indicates she has no tension issues that way. I tried it on my machine, works perfectly. And I don't have to change my tension to go back and forth from piecing to FMQing.
Yes, I saw that on her intro video (haven't bought the lesson she does). I tried it both ways and the fabric moves better with the feed dogs down. Some say to move the tension way up -- Jenny at Missouri Star Quilt Co. is one -- but when I tried that, it's worse. Someone else said make it looser. Right now mine is about one less than normal and that seems to work.
Thanks, all, for your hints, suggestions, and encouragement!