Hi denise and all this is the first time i have been on any kind of message board. so please forgive my miss spellings you all seem helpful and kind to new comers i thought i might be of some help with your emberoidery troubles i use to do embroidery for a living on big 15 head machines..... denise could you take a close up picture of the back of one of your sues and post it so i can see whats going on with your tentions . i did read that you have changed your tentions but you may not have changed them the right way :cry: i love your little sues they are realy cute.. oh one thing you could check :!: seeing that you have been doing a lot of stitching is to clean under the metal tention plate on the bobin i take a small thin needle and slide it from the screw all the way to the end. some times lint and fuz get cought in there and can change your tention with out you even knowing. hope i'll be able to help you more.