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08-16-2017, 05:30 AM

Coco47

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I am new to the quilting board just happened upon it one day. I am having trouble with my thread breaking when free motion quilting. I have changed needles, thread and rethreaded machine several times. I have used Guterman thread many times and it is happening over and over does anyone have any suggestions. I have been quilting for 30 years the last 20 by machine.

08-16-2017, 06:41 AM

QuiltnNan

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Welcome from western NY and happy quilting

08-16-2017, 06:46 AM

yellowwroses

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is your thread old or are you using it on a different machine then before welcome

08-16-2017, 10:13 AM

catsden

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Welcome to the board.

08-17-2017, 03:23 AM

Angel Bear

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Welcome from OHIO!

08-17-2017, 03:32 AM

QuiltMom2

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Waving hello from Maryland! Sounds like you've been quilting quite a while, maybe it's time for tune-up on machine. I hope you find the problem!

08-17-2017, 04:10 AM

NJ Quilter

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Welcome from NJ! Was vacationing near you this past Jan. First time in FL for me. Lovely area.

Sorry I have no answers for your question as I'm a hand quilter.

08-17-2017, 04:24 AM

Abby'smom

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welcome from se TX -- good luck solving your breaking thread problem!!

08-17-2017, 04:33 AM

Lori B.

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Welcome from Michigan!

08-17-2017, 04:44 AM

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cashs_mom

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Welcome from Houston! Have you tried loosening your tension a bit? You don't say what kind of machine you have, but I have a Bernina and the older ones tend to have the tension set a bit tight coming from the factory so I do have to loosen the top tension with some thread.