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Pokies aren't such a good thing. Tension problems. Even if this customer doesn't mind, she may show it to someone who has another opinion. If you are in this for a business, every quilt you put out is your "business card" so to speak. (And that's a thought that makes me tremble at times!!) :roll:
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Could adjusting the tension keep you from seeing colored dots in this situation. My stitches looked pretty good, I thinks it was because the top thread was so much heavier than the bottom thread not to mention the color difference. Thin White on bottom and Heavy Brightly colored varigated on top. I'm not sure I could have made them totally disappear.
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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
Originally Posted by ckcowl
you will have the best luck if your top and bottom thread are the same weight.
I've been wanting a longarm for a while now, but I always find something I don't like about them.
If long arm machines are this persnickety about thread, maybe I'd better stay with my old Singer.
I am learning that tension is different than on a regular machine. You have to make alot of adjustments to the tention due to threads, batting and maybe even the fabric. I'm ordering extra bobbin casings today for specific thread because that is the hardest to adjust.
It's hard work to haul a king size quilt through a domestic machine, but if I want to use perle cotton in the bobbin and size 100 silk in the top, I can do it. :) All my machines know that they'd dern well better sew what I give them to sew or they're out the door. :lol:
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Originally Posted by bamamama
Could adjusting the tension keep you from seeing colored dots in this situation.
On a long arm... I don't know.
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I wonder if the "dots" on the back don't have more to do with 2 different threads rather than tension? I think if you are using 2 different types of thread "dots" are pretty common. From talking with long arm quilters, they try to use the same thread on the top and the bottom.
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Originally Posted by bamamama
Could adjusting the tension keep you from seeing colored dots in this situation. My stitches looked pretty good, I thinks it was because the top thread was so much heavier than the bottom thread not to mention the color difference. Thin White on bottom and Heavy Brightly colored varigated on top. I'm not sure I could have made them totally disappear.
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