TBH, I haven't even tried to make seams with it! I'm going to try that this weekend, and see how she sews. I do have some sewing projects that might be more fun on her than my cheapie Singer Simple anyway. At the risk of sounding really whiny, I paid a LOT of money for her and the ONLY thing I ask of her is to quilt! I had a good sewing machine and I wanted a good quilting machine.
But I can't tell what I'm doing with that frame in the way, so I'm taking her off the frame and putting her on the cabinet and having a good, long talk with her. And I'm going to watch every video on the internet that I can find for machine quilting (FMQ is when you're moving the quilt, right? I'm finding lots about that, but not a "long arm" frame situation like I have.). Anyway, I have her set on slow and I'm barely moving the fabric. I'm not even trying to quilt at this point, just letting it run and seeing when the needle breaks.. see if I can find a pattern, so I don't think it's caused by going too fast. I think that's what was causing it on my other machine, so I'm trying to avoid that.
Originally Posted by
MadQuilter
Is the machine only breaking needles when you FMQ or is it also breaking them when you sew standard seams? That would be worth a test to see if maybe the fabric is being pulled too fast.