Originally Posted by yellowsnow55
Originally Posted by suern3
Please, please, go to daystyle.com and then her blog.(Leah Day) She has the best, most minute instructions for free motioning quilting on any machine. Sometimes the smallest things can make such a difference. I am no expert, but have been able to FMQ several quilts using her method. My largest so far was 80x80. Am just getting readyto start quilting another one. Don't give up. I use an older Pfaff, maybe 5 years old. I don't do anything with the tension. Just drop the feed dogs, don't even have to change the stitch size because I am moving the fabric.
I was going to suggest the same thing,. I would also experiment with different threads, sewing machines can be quite fussy with some thread types. My Brother doesn't like Guterman for F.M.Q. but the Janome loves it. Please don't give up. :thumbup:
I'm using Guterman Cotton 30 thread for my machine quilting. No problems using the walking foot for sewing straight lines. Using the all purpose thread for piecing and no issues too. Just the FMQ that's giving me all these problems.