Originally Posted by
themadpatter
I don't have anything special for you, just make sure you are needle down, then lift the presser foot before the pivot. If my pivot isn't going to be in the exact place I want it, I will lift the foot and scooch it the mm or 2 it needs to be in the perfect place. This only works making a stitch shorter, not longer. If shorter, the machine will take up the slack and the tension will be ok. If longer, it might be too tight and break the thread.
It works to move it either way. I do it all the time. The presser foot is up so there's no tension on the thread and besides, a mm isn't going to break thread.
Cari