I feel your pain! I was in the middle of FMQ a king sized bed runner yesterday and then everything went kerplooey! After the 10th (!) time ripping out the stitches in that section, I turned off the machine. I tried everything yesterday and finally decided it was in both our best interest's to walk away. I went back upstairs after church today and had no problem finishing the quilt.

I feel your pain! This morning I was FMQ and my top thread kept breaking. I'd rip out several inches of stitches and start over. Finally, I cleaned out the machine. Actually, I didn't see any lint. I oiled it. Put in a new needle and re threaded it. The sample turned out fine; but I had to go out of the state. I am hoping the thread will not break when I get back to it as I am almost through with the quilting.

I was having the same issue...I ended up trying a blue needle for jeans and that worked...no more breaking trhead when FMQ'ing...if may be the size of your needed.

The group I belong to quilt large quilts in sections.
Double say 2 sections leave joining the row of stitching all the way down centre.
Sandwich one half and quilt as you wish.
Repeat sandwich and quilting on the other half.
Tip: leave about one inch free of quilting down the centres of both halves.
No join the top of. Quilt as you would have done.
Place on a flat surface and level off batting/wadding and hand join.
Now put the backing over each other and hand stitch .
Then just finish off quilting lines( sorry this is bulky but one row only)

Larger quilts could go incorrect sections or do the sashing joining. Technique .
Hope it his is useful

Totally understand; I hate ripping out stitches as well. What is worse than ripping them out of FMQ is when you have to rip out them from an embroidery design. It's very hard to do and not mess up your fabric at the same time. The stitches are very dense. I'm taking a class on a long arm this weekend. We are also supposed to be learning about doing things that aren't quilting with it so I'm excited.

I took Leah Days suggestion of suspending queen and king quilts from the ceiling. I just finished a king size on my 6600, it made a difference.

JulieM

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