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Old 07-20-2015, 09:56 AM
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Prism99
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I'm not familiar with that particular machine. However, have you tried Jamie Wallen's technique for adjusting tension? It has helped a *lot* of quilters, and it works for all machines (even domestic). Here is a link to his Youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1mRhcquZTM

What size and type of needle are you using? What thread? I have found Glide thread to be the easiest to use -- never shreds or breaks on me.

There are a couple of Yahoo groups you might want to join:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/..._quilters/info
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FunQuilters/info
Sometimes other users are the best source of help.

Also, when nothing else has worked, I have read of a few situations where the tension spring on a machine is worn out, defective, or positioned wrong on a machine. Worth a shot as a last resort.

Edit: Ditto on the quilt needing to be loose in the frame. Forgot about that, and it's probably the very first thing to check. It should not be tight. The rule-of-thumb is that you should be able to grasp a finger that is poking up from underneath the quilt, about to the first knuckle near the tip. The quilt has to flex a bit as you move the machine.

Last edited by Prism99; 07-20-2015 at 09:58 AM.
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