Are you using a walking foot and using a 80/ 20 weight batting? They are a thinner and not as poofy weight batting. So people try and use the poly and that just won't do to machine quilt with. I am assuming that you have either pinned or tacked the quilt in enough places before quilting to keep it in place while you quilt it. Now about the needle. You should have a jeans or quilting needle in there to pierce though all those layers. And lastly, the thread you are using, is it a new quilting weight thread? Sometimes old or the wrong thread can be the culprit and cause all of the tension problems. Or something caught in the tension disks.
Last edited by RedGarnet222; 12-17-2016 at 09:43 AM.