Originally Posted by
Scissor Queen
A lot of the time when people are beginning free motion quilting what they think is a tension problem is actually because they're moving the quilt too fast for the speed of the needle.
I agree! Also, when I took a FMQ class, I was told that if you drop your feed dogs, then your tension is automatically turned off. For me, just because I am who I am, I always change my tension to "0" . This is also a gentle reminder to me when I switch from FMQ to regular sewing to make sure I raise my feed dogs back up where they belong!
When I start out FMQ, I always turn the speed on my Janome way down until I get into my groove. Once I am feeling confident, I will turn the speed back up. Keeps me from pushing my fabric faster than the machine is going.