Just wondering about tension....
Is it possible that "the right" tension for your machine can be different depending on whether you are piecing 2 pieces of fabric together or if you are walking foot quilting through fabric and batting? I have my bobbin tension set quite loose but am getting nice, unpuckered straight line quilting with even stitches on both sides. I have just read an article that says to set perfect tension you should sew on the bias across two 5" squares of fabric and then pull at each corner where you started and stopped sewing until the threads break. The top thread and the bottom thread should both break at the same place indicating good tension. When I do this my top thread breaks but the bottom doesn't....I'm guessing because it is set at a loose tension. But my stitching on the quilt looks good....so do I have bad tension despite it looking ok?