connieb Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 UPDATE: I used the air compressor to blow lint out between the tension discs, rethreaded the machine using a different thread path that Dawn shows in the how to thread an APQS Video, and one of my pigtails seemed to be out of straight so I fixed it too. Guess what? It's working great now in all directions!! I'm so thrilled to have it stitching nicely again When I stitch slow (happens only when doing stitch in the ditch) from right to left I get birds nest of top thread on the back of the quilt, the top looks fine. Here are two pictures of the back of the quilt. I'm using microquilter on the top and magna glide classics in the bobbin. I can quilt freehand with no problem, even freehand right to left with now problem. Any ideas? I did clean the machine thoroughly and I put a new needle in before the last quilt but that didn't change anything. I also checked for burrs and didn't find any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Check your spool of thread and the tensioner check spring. I bet there is something amiss there. Zeke. Also check for lint between the tensioner disc's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connieb Posted October 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Thanks Zeke I'll do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimerickson Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Connie: Increase your top tension, til the bobbin thread shows on the top, then loosen it til you get a balanced stitch. I think that will eliminate the "birds nests". Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connieb Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Thank you Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harcathy Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Connie I have the exact same issue when using that combo of thread . Which thread path did you use that seemed to work? I’ve tried all the other suggestions.to no avail. Only happens when stitching straight lines and moving right to left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimerickson Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 I have both an APQS Ult 2, and a Gammill Classic machine that are Intellistitch equipped. Part of Intellistitch's system is a baste feature. You can select either a 1/2 inch or 1 inch setting so when you move the machine a stitch is fired at the appropriate interval. When I used this feature I would get exactly the problem results mentioned here. Birds nests every once in a while. It was discouraging enough that I didn't use the feature often. In the regular stitches per inch mode, if I used the 6 per inch setting I would also occasionally have that problem. I thought on this long and hard, and eventually it came to me: stitch length affects tension. The longer the stitch, the looser a given tension setting would produce, the shorter, the tighter. To solve the problem, all I had to do was increase the tension when I basted. Now I do exactly that. After I complete the baste, I loosen the tension to sew at 10 or 12 stitches per inch I usually quilt at. Because of this experience, I'm pretty sure the problem you're having is a tension issue. I think tightening the tension will solve it. Good luck. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harcathy Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Thank you Jim. Will tighten top and keep my fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 Jim; Great explanation and information. Thank you for sharing. Cagey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connieb Posted October 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 On 10/25/2017 at 10:11 PM, harcathy said: Connie I have the exact same issue when using that combo of thread . Which thread path did you use that seemed to work? I’ve tried all the other suggestions.to no avail. Only happens when stitching straight lines and moving right to left. The thread guide over the tension disk, instead of threading it so it wraps, thread it so it goes in the top hole from the back of the guide directly down in to the second guide and then back up through the last hole, like weaving. I hope this makes since, if not Dawn does a great video on how to thread our machines and it is in that video. I also blew any possible lent out from between my tension discs. Also check the last pig tail as mine was not correct and it's one of the things I fixed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harcathy Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Thank you Connie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbams Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Connie, glad to hear you were able to solve the problem! Aren't APQS machines great?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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