juliasb

I was quilting along on a quilt this morning doing some feathering. When all of the sudden the tension blew up on the quilt and I had birdsnest beyond big on the underside of the quilt. Of course I stopped, tore out the mess and that took a good half hour or more. Then went to the machine and made some adjustment and got a nice straight stitch perfect straight line stitching. So I went back to the quilt and started again. Within minutes there was a 'pull' and when I looked again at the underside for a second time it was the largest birds nest I have ever seen. I went through the same clean up of the quilt removing the entire birdsnest and checked out the straight stitching again. It was perfect! For a third time I started again and the same thing happened when I started with my first curve. This time I pulled it all out and stopped! I checked again and there is perfect straight stitching no problem at all. So now I come to you all and am asking does this happen to any one else? Is it something I am doing wrong? Is the machine broken. Is this normal with some FMQ? Do I need to just put it aside for the rest of the day and just stop wigging out? This is so frustrating. Not the quilty day I was hoping for. Any help to fix this problem will be helpful.