KBarb Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 I am in need of help from some of you more experienced quilters. I am having thread breakage when going from upper right in an arc to lower left. I have checked my thread path, put in a new needle & loosened my tension about as much as I dare, checked for lint under the bobbin thumb & cleaned the bobbin area. I am using Aurifil & MagnaGlide Bobbin. The thread seems to be breaking on the underside of the sandwich. Any ideas on the correction for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgardog Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 Have you tried slowing your speed down a little? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBarb Posted March 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 Thank you for the suggestion. I will try to move a little more slowly. Sometimes I do have a lead foot. Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimerickson Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 Barb: Your stitches don't look very balanced. It looks like your problem could be a tension issue. Try tightening your top thread and see if that doesn't help..Good luck. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Try a different (new) bobbin case. (everyone should have spare parts like this). If you don't have a spare bobbin, order one. In the mean time, clean your bobbin thoroughly. Remove the tension spring inside and blow out completely and wipe out liberally with a q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol, then before inserting the tension spring back into the bobbin case, adjust slightly the little "wing things" so they are popping up a little more. Now, try loosening the bobbin tension. Personally, I prefer loosey goosey in the bippity bop bobbin and tighter on the tippity top tension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBarb Posted March 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Thank you for the suggestions. Tension issues will at the very least make me crazy. I will tighten up the top tension & see how it goes. Shana, with tighter tension on the top than the bobbin, don't you get 'pokies' from the bobbin thread coming up on the quilt top? Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimerickson Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Barb: You'll get "pokies" if the top tension is really tighter than the bobbin, but I don't think you'll be there without a lot of tightening. I think you're breaking thread because your top tension is way too loose. Good luck. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 On 3/21/2018 at 6:36 AM, KBarb said: Thank you for the suggestions. Tension issues will at the very least make me crazy. I will tighten up the top tension & see how it goes. Shana, with tighter tension on the top than the bobbin, don't you get 'pokies' from the bobbin thread coming up on the quilt top? Barb Hi Barb. I've not suffered from pokies on top. Usually top tension too loose is the problem. As a rule, go looser in bobbin and tighter on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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