dlnewell

If this still hasn't helped, call APQS.  There are adjustments they can walk you through to adjust the stitches. 
 
 

Hey Fellow Longarmers!
I've been MIA for some time now, but Still Quilting!  I've had a couple of grandbabies, family members' illnesses and deaths, and you know...life in general.
I have also been cleaning and decluttering my quilt quilting studio.  I have a Quilt Topper Tool circle maker with a star board and two feather wreath boards that I would love to part with.  The base fits a Milli machine.  It's yours for the cost of shipping.  I bought it used when I first started quilting, but do mostly heirloom custom quilting and don't and won't use it. 
Please take this off my hands, or should I say, out of my studio.
Have a great day!
Debbie

Wow! I bet it will win a ribbon.  Just enter it into a few more shows!

I love that quilt! 

I would not be without motorized advance! I quilt a ton,,,well, let's just say lots of large quilts and mostly custom quilting.  If I had to manually lock and unlock wheels and levers to advance or back up a quilt on the frame it would be a real pain.  I've thought the hydraulic lift would be a nice feature but for me the motorized advance is worth it's weight in gold.  I have an APQS Millennium.  The only other model I would consider would be the innova because it seems their field of vision, being able to see greater quilting area behind the hopping foot, is greater than on the millie.  I have to agree with JMErickson's comments about the horizontal wheels.  I've worn out several bearings.  My husband says that the weight of the machine is born mainly along the wheels that run the length of the table and those bearings should be in a vertical position to bear the weight without wearing out instead of horizontal. If you might eventually quilt for the public, I would invest some money and rent some time on different machines to find out which fits you best.  There will be a learning curve to longarm quilting.  It is true that when quilting you tend to work directly in front of you, but there are times when stitching out big circles that I need the whole 24 inches of the larger head and do some quilting further away from my body, otherwise I would be having to advance and back up the quilt more frequently on the frame.    I also have the 14 foot frame and have filled it completely with some large quilts.  Good luck with your search.

Wow, You do have a lot of stuff!  But it is so well organized! I need to tweak my studio a little, but right now I'm swamped getting ready for our guild's quilt show .  I really like your work table in the center and the storage under your machine.

I recently quilted some antique quilt tops that a customer had purchased from estate sales.  One was also a double wedding ring with a solid gold background fabric.  That background fabric seems somewhat "brittle" because I had to pick out a small area and I could see where the threads in the fabric actually broke where the needle went through.  The quilt looked great though, and I was careful to decide on a design before I quilted any more.