Originally Posted by
katesnanna
I know my mechanic leaves the foot down with fabric under it but the needle up. I leave the fooot down but have to admit I don't put the fabric under it.
Thinking about this while reading everyone else's replies I got to thinking:- When the foot is down the tension is on, when it's up the tension is off. Just a thought to ponder.
It's not about your upper thread tension assembly....It's about tension on the spring for your presser foot bar. When the foot's up, the spring is compressed.