Quiltingboard Forums - Finished one more from my bag of 2.5" blah blocks

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Originally Posted by Ombragrise (Post 5930624)

I love it. I have also a Janome 7700, but even following exactly what the manual told (DS1, tension 7, length of the stitch 0, feetdogs down) my uper thread (coton very good quality) is broking very often, and about every 10 point, it jump one point, so the stitching is not regular : something like that : _ __ _ _ _ _ __ . I changed the needle to be sure it was fine, tried size 80, 90... always the same mess! I used a Elna 1 for the parts I could do with, any problem of tht kind. But in the middle, I needed the space given by the Janome arm.

May I ask you if you have tricks !! And excuse my english, i am french.

I'm sorry...I don't know how to help you. My stitching is not always regular but it is all operator error. If it is actually skipping a stitch, just check for a problem in the thread path. I've had to clean out the tension disk area several times. When my thread was breaking regularly (previous quilts), I upped the quality of thread I started to use. I was buying the almost cheapest stuff at the local wholesale place (just over $1 for a large cone of thread) but it was too weak and I kept breaking it so I bought the kind that was more--maybe $4 for a large cone. I have no idea of the brand--nothing famous for sure. it is polyester thread. Otherwise, I use the same settings as you are using. I'm sorry I can't help you. Have you joined the Yahoo groups? They may have some good ideas.