Troubleshooting Machine Quilting Articles

“But I don’t want to ruin it." More often than not, those who struggle with machine quilting have uttered this phrase at least once.  Its often not even stitching the designs thats the problem, its simply overcoming the mental gymnastics of coming up with a plan...

One of the worst things to happen in your free motion quilting is to spend an hour stitching just to turn it over and see hundreds of little eye lashes all over the back of your quilt. After seam ripping for what feels like hours, you may just throw the project down on the WIP pile and not even finish it because you’re so mad. Continue reading to find out what causes eye lashing in quilting and how you can avoid it in the future.

Sometimes the unthinkable happens. You spend all day crawling on the ground to baste your quilt together, you stand up, crack your back, and head to the sewing machine excited to start quilting when all of a sudden you realize your walking foot is broken! You need a fix, and fast. Continue reading for your best bet at walking foot alternatives when you’re in a pinch.

Thread breaking can be tricky since there are just so many reasons it happens, and not every reason is super obvious just by looking at the machine. Continue reading for 9 common reasons you’ll see your thread breaking during FMQ and more how to fix it!