Originally Posted by QuiltswithConvicts
I set my 6600 to feed dogs down & default for stitch. I do have to crank the tension up to 8-9, though. I wonder if you just need to figure out how fast to sew in relation to haw fast you are moving the quilt around. That is the hardest thing for me to do.
The "default" stitch is what you get when you turn your machine on. - I have never really paid attention to what it is, but mine said "D1" as the stitch when I turned it on. All I do to FMQ is drop the feed dogs & put the darning foot on. Then I go to town, check the back & adjust the top tension to a higher number if I need to. I only read how to FMQ last night after this thread started. I use Mode 1 - what the machine is set to be when you turn it on. I only get eyelashes if I forget to tighten the tension & stitch slower than I am moving the quilt around a curve.
Sorry about the confusion.
P.S. I have NEVER adjusted the bobbin tension. It's been just fine, no matter what thread I'm using in the bobbin or on top.