MonoPoly

[liz meimann]

Hi, I'm looking for some advice. I'm trying MonoPoly for the first time and the thread keeps breaking. I have sofine in the bobbin and just want to do some SID on a wall hanging. Does the thread breaking mean I just need to loosen the top tension?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[chrisquilter]

I usually loosen my tension on top. Sometimes it is necessary to loosen the tension in the bobbin also. I just keep tweeking until I get a balanced stitch with no breakage. Maybe slowing down your stitching would also help.

Chris

[liz meimann]

Thanks, I'll try to slow down, but just trying a sample spot, the thread breaks after just a few (maybe 10?) stiches at the most, so it is hard to get a feel for what is happening. Do you also use a small (11 or so) stitch with this thread?

[quilted charm]

I know a lot of people love the monopoly, but i have never been able to get it to work for me. I just tried the Invisafil thread that is 100 wt. I loved it. I think it would disapear on almost anything you tried it on, so I have been using it for SID. the only problem I've run into with it, is I did a scroll that I ended up not liking, so now I am trying to frog it. That's hard, cause I can't see it. I can only see the holes the needle made. , Invisafil comes in a lot of colors, but you would just see a hint of the color on your quilt.

[Primitive1]

Yes, very loosey goosey....I also run it through the thread braid like you would king tut, weave it through rather than wrap it around, when I do this and really loosen up the top thread it works just fine.

[ffq-lar]

Ditto on the invisible thread. Very loose--the tension discs don't even touch. Bobbin thread loose as well--I set mine to about 13 on the Towa gauge. Loose top as well. I use Monolon mostly now, but have had good results with Monopoly in the past. The latest Superior newsletter says they have tweaked the Monopoly--less shine in the clear and less dark on the smoke color.

[Bekah]

Okay, Linda R, question for you, I have monolon and have been requested to quilt 2 quilts with it. I just skinned the first quilt and am ready to redo it in my monolon but am having a dickens of a time getting my tension to even out. I am using Warm and White batting at customer's request. I only have a 3.5 needle do you use a 3.0? I think I may have my bobbin tension too tight I will double check when I get home. Thanks for your input or anyone else who can answer this question.