Originally Posted by JanieW (Post 5936930)

I tape an upside down safety pin to the right side of the machine right at the top with the hole just above your machine. Then take the thread from the cup, put it through the hole of the safety pin and thread your machine as you normally would.

Originally Posted by ube quilting (Post 5937216)

Go to this site and WATCH all the videos. You will learn an amazing amount of info on threads, tension and you will have very little problems in the future. The lessons are from Superior thread and you might think it is just a sales pitch. This is high quality thread and when you watch the one about monofillament you will be amazed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzD-o...01QRL-QPUNrCbg

Originally Posted by QuiltE (Post 5937007)

As another thought ... I do not think you have said you have tried using regular thread.
Perhaps what you need to do is try some FMQ with the regular thread, to ensure that you can FMQ without problems.
It could be that the monofilament is not the sole cause of the problems you are having.



With three threads going here, that it's hard to keep upwith what's going on, EllieGirl.
... would be much easier if you had kept it to just one thread, and the continuing story, IMHO.