I am going to go try it with the slight turn. Its funny because I love both Cotton and Poly but this is for a customer so I always use cotton unless I ask them 1st. I had read that someone else said that their Avante liked the finer thread too. The tension is too tight but when I loosen it thats when I get the skipped stitches..The fabric looks all 100 percent cotton.
I am so glad I found this group its great and I love my Avante except last night. I just formed a new yahoo hq avante group since there was none.