I'm trying to FMQ again. Everything will be going along pretty well and then I hear a little clunk and this happens.

I end up with the top thread around the needle in this mess. What's going on?

are you holding top and bottom thread when you start........Michele

I have that happen too. I will be watching to find a solution.

I don't know, but I'm sure someone here will.

Try slowing speed down????? Just a suggestion!!

is the thread shreading at all? if so, use different thread.
if not, try re-threading. something isn't right.

Have you tried changing the needle? I think a burr on the needle, or a bent needle, can cause this problem. With FMQ it's fairly easy to bend a needle. You also might want to try a larger needle.

It happens to me too, but only when I loop-de-loop to the left! I don't know why!

I have had this happen to me and I get just as confused about why it does it.

Not an expert here. I have had certain threads do that on a few of my machine. Not a specific thread for each of the machines.

Usually, I try to lay one finger on top of the bobbin and top thread until I have stitched one or two stitches. If I don't, it usually will be some sort of thread problem... rats nest on the bottom or something.

Maybe some one who is more experienced than I am will know. :-D

Have you triple checked to see if your bobbin is seated properly? Is your needle seated properly? Those are the first things I recheck when ever I have any issues. Then if those don't work rethread top thread.

Whenever something like that happens, firstly, remove the thread and start over with re-threading it. It works for me. Also, Joyce Becker says on her DVD, that you should always have the presser foot up and not down, when threading, because it keeps all the thread going into the right grooves. Maybe it is worth a try for you. Be sure to hold those tails at the beginning, behind the needle, until you have gone a ways, and then cut them off.

Well, I've tried all the most logical things. Rethreading, changing needles, check the bobin, etc.

Now, I'm going to try walking away. Some days that works for me.

When I get back to it, if it doesn't work, I may have to change thread. I'm using some junk that was a throw in of 30 spools when I bought the machine. I don't even really know what it is. The writing is all in some type of "ese".

You stitched through your thread and it pulled up then the next stitch made it wonky. This only happens to me when I am going back and forth where I don't pay attention and stay next to the previous stitches instead of on top.

It looks like you have stitched thru your previous stitch. Sometimes happens when I move the fabric too slowly. I think that with practice this will go away, as you coordinate moving the fabric with the speed of the machine.