Originally Posted by cathyvv
Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
Originally Posted by Happy Treadler
Could it be too much pressure and the quilt is being 'squished' and not able to move forward???
I don't think computerized machines even have stitches per inch settings any more, do they? My computer-machines don't. They have settings like 1.5 or 2.0 - I have no clue as to how many stitches per inch that's supposed to be.
I have a brother bc1000. The 1.5, 2.0 etc. is the stitch length. Stitch length goes low to high, 1 - 5, on my machine. So set the stitch length, sew and inch or two, reset the stitch length, sew an inch or two, and so on. Then count the number of stitches per inch.
However, if your stitches are bunching in one place, the problem is not the stitch length. Do you have your feed dogs down? When I put my feed dogs down (which is rare), I sometimes forget they're down and wonder why my fabric isn't advancing...and get teeny, tiny stitches - also known as knots.
Hope this helps. I'm pretty new to the world of quilting and the tool I know how to use best is the seam ripper.
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Thanks for that suggestion and I looked and the feed dogs are up. I don't think I have put them down yet on this machine. yep, my stitch lenghts are 1.0 - 5.0 also and some of of the stitches you can not adjust - presaved I guess. I just need to practice a lot more like everyone has suggested. I don't even want to think about FMQ yet especially if I can not do the simple SID with the machine. I will learn it and then I can do some PIF and give to charity, etc (once I get some stash built up). The thing is I really love hand quilting... oh well, back to work and thanks to everyone for the positive feed back. I really love this board. HUGS to all :)