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    Old 02-25-2017, 04:00 PM
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    Default Have you ever had eyelashes happen?

    I was clicking right along with my free motion quilting, meandering and happy until I ran out of bobbin. I tied off my thread and turned the quilt over to the back to tuck my threads underneath and found this...

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    Now I have to take out miles of stitches. When I tried to figure out what caused it I saw that the thread had come partially out of the first slot the thread goes into on the machine. Can that do something like this? Really? I'm so frustrated! (Sorry it's blurry, I don't know why on that either lol. It's a bad day) but I have eyelashes on the back.
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    Old 02-25-2017, 04:16 PM
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    I feel for you. Yes, I have had these kind of problems too. At least your bobbin ran out or there would have been more to unstitch.
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    Old 02-25-2017, 05:19 PM
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    Yes, that has happened to me to. Bummer
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    Old 02-25-2017, 05:40 PM
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    yes I have had that..... I think (not sure ) the tension can be adjusted to fix that.... at least on my machine
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    Old 02-25-2017, 06:19 PM
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    all my early quilting (and some of the not-so-early) had eyelashes--it's a tension issue. also are you moving it faster than the machine is stitching? if so you are pulling it--that was usually my problem with eyelashes on the curves.
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    Old 02-25-2017, 06:32 PM
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    If you missed one of the guides for the thread, it can make your tension off and can cause eyelashes. I've gotten eyelashes from tension issues and from moving too fast especially on curves. It always sucks. I had to take out a lot on the last coat I made because of tension issues and eyelashing.
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    Old 02-25-2017, 07:36 PM
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    The only good thing about eyelashes is, you can clip the bottom thread and pull it out of the loops in long pieces. You will have it ripped out in no time.
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    Old 02-26-2017, 03:50 AM
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    Feel your pain! Finely for the first time got my machine set up and was able to do curves with no eyelashes.
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    Old 02-26-2017, 03:57 AM
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    This looks like the "swoop" factor, that is, moving faster on the curves than the machine can handle. I used to speed up around the curves and had to teach myself to keep an even speed.
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    Old 02-26-2017, 04:04 AM
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    Yes - happens to me when I'm whizzing along, thinking I have a great rhythm going. Always on curves, and I have to remind myself that speed isn't the goal.
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