Originally Posted by craftychick

I was practicing FMQ on a sandwich equal to the real quilt. After I was happy with my amateur design, I started quilting the real quilt. All I had then was trouble. I was using the same machine settings, same thread, even the needle, until it broke and hit me in the head. I used another needle same size, then another needle smaller size, then another needle larger size. All in all I broke a total of 6 needles. I gave up on FMQ and did stitch in the ditch. Can anyone tell me why my needles were breaking. I vacuumed out dust from the bobbin area and underneath. I have an 11 month old Pfaff Expression 2.0. Any ideas will be helpful for my next project. Thanks and Happy Holidays!