Originally Posted by Rymer
thanks ladies!! I got my quilting foot tonight and I made an attempt....do you have any idea why this is happening? here is a picture of the front and back. any clue? I have a Brother XR52, so I don't lower the feed dogs, I have a plate that covers them.
My machines will do this in one of two situations:
1. I forgot to lower the presser foot, yes, even when freemotion because the presser foot down on ALL machines engages the upper thread tension.
2. Or, my upper thread has slipped off the upper looper where it comes down toward the needle thread path from the top of the machine.
You probably already know that this is an upper thread tension problem.
Check those two things, give it another try, and remember to put the presser foot down :mrgreen: