Learned a valuble..and frustrating lesson today!
02-07-2011, 08:22 AM
#31
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
It probably isn't your tension. You're moving the quilt too fast and the machine is going too slow.
02-07-2011, 09:06 AM
#32
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The problem is the tension. Janome has a special bobbin case you can get that has a lighter tension and is marked with a blue dot so you know which one you are using. Single hole needle plate also helps. Check with your dealer and buy a second bobbin case and set the tension lighter. Just a slight adjustment. Mark it in some way so it is special. These two things should make you FMQ apleasure and look great.
02-07-2011, 09:25 AM
#34
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Originally Posted by mjorgenson
The problem is the tension. Janome has a special bobbin case you can get that has a lighter tension and is marked with a blue dot so you know which one you are using. Single hole needle plate also helps. Check with your dealer and buy a second bobbin case and set the tension lighter. Just a slight adjustment. Mark it in some way so it is special. These two things should make you FMQ apleasure and look great.
02-07-2011, 09:40 AM
#35
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I'm so sorry and feel for you totally! :cry: I have had that happen to me also, so before I start quilting I always quilt on a scrap sandwich to make sure that the tension is okay and that this is a good day for quilting. It may sound funny, but some days I just can't do FMQ. Don't understand it, but those days it's a wasted effort to try, I just can't make the designs, loops, meander, etc work, so I do something else and wait for a better day to do the FMQ.
02-07-2011, 09:55 AM
#38
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That is what happens on my Janome as well, so I bought a used Bernina for FMQ and that solved my problem.
I know it won't solve your problem today, but I hear that machines that have a front loading bobbin do better FMQ work than those with a drop in bobbin. Most Janomes have a drop in bobbin where as Berninas have a front loading bobbin.
The positive in this is that the stitches should be easy to take out. And if it helps, I did the same thing on a twin size quilt one time and had to take out all of the stitching. Been there, done that. {{{hugs}}}
I know it won't solve your problem today, but I hear that machines that have a front loading bobbin do better FMQ work than those with a drop in bobbin. Most Janomes have a drop in bobbin where as Berninas have a front loading bobbin.
The positive in this is that the stitches should be easy to take out. And if it helps, I did the same thing on a twin size quilt one time and had to take out all of the stitching. Been there, done that. {{{hugs}}}
02-07-2011, 10:59 AM
#40
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Oh, man, I hate that! I have been there, done that!! It's also called "frogging"----Rip, rip! Now I always check my tension on the extra fabric backing and batting at the edge of the quilt before I start. Just put some good music on and enjoy the rythym (sp) of removing those stitches!
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