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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.

Welcome from western NY and happy quilting :)

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

Welcome to the board.

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!

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.

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

Welcome from Michigan!:)

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.

Welcome!
Be sure the foot is the proper height from the fabric. It should just skim the surface. If it is too high off of the material, it will break the thread. There should be an adjustment on your foot.

Watson

Welcome from Oklahoma.

Hi Coco, welcome! I don't have any help for you b/c I'm just learning FMQ. Just wanted to say hi.

Welcome from NY!

Welcome from CA. Enjoy the message board.

Welcome from Virginia :wave: Sorry I can't help your thread dilemma as I'm too new at FMQ to offer good advice but I know you will find excellent help from others on the forum.

Christine

Welcome from North Bay Ontario Canada

Welcome from Arizona