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I'm at my whit's end. I'm having so many problems with the tension on this quilting. I started quilting with prewound bobbins, and had to adjust the tension constantly. It just kept changing. Rip it... Rip it...

I went to a quilt show yesterday and asked the HQ rep. what she thought was the problem. She said it could be the paper ends on the prewound bobbins and humidity. She suggested that I take off one side and if that didn't help remove the other side. I fussed with it for hours last night and finally gave up.

I resorted to winding my own bobbins, and it seemed to give me a nice even stitch. I quilted two blocks this morning and the puckering began. I spent hours ripping it out and tried a different pattern on a different block. They are a puckered mess. I haven't had this problem before.

I'm using an HQ16 machine and YLI monofiliment thread in the top. The only thing different that I am using on this quilt is the Superior So Fine thread in the bobbin, and muslin for the backing.

These pictures look better than in person. Any ideas on what to try next?