Thread weight question
What weight thread do you use for FMQ on a domestic machine? I struggled through a mess this afternoon, trying to FMQ. My machine kept skipping stitches, and I tried everything I knew to fix it: change the needle, clean lint out from under the faceplate, check to see when I last had my machine serviced. I also noticed that no matter how high I set the upper thread tension, the bottom thread was sloppy. Finally I changed from a 40 weight to a 50 weight thread. Bingo. I was able to reset the upper tension down to a sensible number, the tension on top of the quilt and below straightened out, and my machine quit skipping stitches. I have several cones of 40 weight, but it looks like I'm going to have to stick with 50 weight from now on.