Brenda Gagnon

I rent a Millie at my LQS. I measure the bobbin tension for every new bobbin before I use. They are prewound. It’s crazy how bobbins out of same package vary so much in tension. but even when I make sure I have the correct tension the quality of the quilting on the back of quilt can vary greatly. It’s difficult to check the back of the quilt while quilting. what do others do. Any suggestions.

Is there a way to check if your bobbin stitches are good or not when you first start a quilt. Other than crawling under the longarm machine? I usually can’t check them until I’m one or two paths into the quilt. I check the tension of the bobbin every time I put a new one in machine. I rent the longarm and they seem to think that the stitches are fine but they aren’t and I end up taking the quilt home and picking it out. First pic shows stitching is fine. Yes you see a few pokes of the batting. But when I put in a new bobbin the second picture shows what happened.