Originally Posted by
Dawnstar
Hello! I am going to attempt to do some free motion quilting. I used a scrap piece of batting and fabric from the quilt I’m making to help perfect my tension. I have a brother PQ1500sl machine. I’m unsure of how the stitches should look with the right tension. I had to tighten a whole lot on both the bobbin and the top tension for it to look like this. Is this good tension for free motion quilting?
Thanks in advance,
Dawn
If you had to tighten both the bobbin and top tension from where you piece, then it's probably too tight, both top and bottom. What did it look like before you made these changes?
I agree with other posters - to see if the tension is right for fmq, you need to sew some loops rather than just straight lines. Tension problems show themselves most readily on curves.