FMQ question
 

The best FMQ advice I have read is...... dont worry about the back. That helped me to just do some FMQ!

Now I am pretty confident about the top of my work...now Im starting to worry about the back.

Sometimes my stitches look good on the back and sometimes they seem to run together like a line. Does this mean I am going too fast, or too slow?

Thanks for your advice!

kitty

I'll be watching this post as this happens to me too.. don;t know what I am doing wrong

Tartan....

Some of the stitches are fine but others run together.

That makes sense to me. The stitches are bigger so I must be moving too fast! Never thought of it in that way.

I do have speed control but I am not confident enough to use it full speed. I will have to slow down my hands until I am comfortable enough to speed up my machine.

Thanks!

It may be a tension problem but it can also be moving unevenly - usually too fast on curves. Try to fight the "swoop" effect when you go around curves. It may also be a problem if you use different threads in top and bobbin and the bobbin thread is much lighter in weight than the top thread. Some difference In weight is ok but not too much.

Best FMQ advice I ever got - Slow Down! LOL Match your hand movement speed with the machine speed.

Yes Carol! That totally did it. I stitched so much slower than I thought I should and the back looks pretty good!

Some of my stitches are a little close but I am happy with the back now.

Pretty soon I will be perfect!

haha

Another hint is don't look at where the needle is at the moment because you are already THERE !! Look at where you want the needle to travel. It is just like driving. you don't look just in the front of your car. You look farther down the road and to your right and left. Same concept. Look where you are going. Hope this makes sense. When I heard this, the light turned on and my FMQ improved.