Originally Posted by Mo_Chride
I get so frustrated with machine quilting.
At the moment I am "trying" to machine quilt a twin sized quilt for my son. I have three more UFOs that are all stalled because of the machine quilting.
The one I am working on at the moment is a blue and white eight point star alternating with a red and white nine patch for a nautical themed room. The backing is a dark to medium blue bumpy minke. I sew with a Husquevarna 425 Fresia so there is no bobbin tension for me to adjust. It was very recently sent to get cleaned and adjusted and hasn't really been sewn with since I have been doing hand applique latey.
The biggest problem (if you have gotten through all that) that I am currently having is getting "nests" of the top thread on the back. I am quilting staight lines currently so am using the walking foot. I get a similar problem when free motion quilting but suspect that in that case I am just moving the quilt too fast. Also, I seem to get the problem almost exclusively in the last third of the bobbin.
Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong? I don't like to waste a third of a bobbin every time.
TIA
Tara
A thread nest on the bottom means you have a problem on the top. Rethread the machine making sure the presser foot is in the up position. Be sure thread slides into the tension disks when threading. You can check this by threading the machine but not the needle, put the foot down and pull gently on thread just above the needle. If it pulls through your thread is not in the tension guides or your TOP tension is set too low.