Welcome from Adrian, MI

Welcome from Michigan!:)

Hi from Ohio!

Welcome from S CA!

Thanks, I've never felt so welcome. I visited the web sit suggested, rethreaded the machine, and bought a new cone of thread. Still having problems. What kind of thread do you all use?? Brand/wt

Thanks for the link, Angel Bear!

Welcome from OHio

Welcome to the Quilting Board from Sunny Nevada! That's right! Jump right in with a question. We love questions! And superior threads IS the best site for thread. I use them exclusively: Masterpiece for piecing, King Tut for quilting, and their silk thread for applique. I was using another thread (from Connecting Threads - another great site!) and it did fine as long as I had my Brother Sewing machine. When that machine packed up, I bought a Janome, which I just love but it's fussier about thread. The threads I just mentioned do great with my Janome: no breaking, linting, or loose threads. So it could just be your Juki needing better thread.

You should check the tension too. If your machine does both embroidery as well as a sewing, your bottom tension could be way off. I'm not that familiar with Juki models to know if yours does this. Anyway, bobbin tension for embroidery is MUCH higher than for sewing, so if whomever set the tension gave you tension for embroidery, that could be your problem.

Around here, we are not shy about adjusting the bobbin tension. We'll teach you how if you don't know. :D

Welcome from the thumb of Michigan!

Thanks MacThayer, I will try the King Tut thread. I think I know how to adjust the bobbin thread, but a quick lesson would be helpful. I have wanted a long arm quilter, and now I have it, it is frustrating trying to work all the bugs out to be able to actually use it. I won't give up though. I have several quilt tops to quilt, and want to get started!!