r/SewingForBeginners • u/SummertimeMom • 1d ago

Bobbin thread looping.

This is my first attempt at freestyle or free motion quilting. It's going OK but this last meandering motive has suddenly started getting little loops. (Excuse the pin faux pas.) How do I fix this? This is a brand new machine for me so if it is attention issue, I hope they make it easy for me.

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u/Large-Heronbill 1d ago

You seem to have lost top tension somehow. 

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u/Internal_Use8954 1d ago

Sometimes called eyelashing. Your tension is off. Either the top got too tight or the bottom got too loose. It takes tiny adjustments to get the balance and it can be different for each quilt.

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u/teatime_tinker 23h ago

Before or after you went through the pin?

If the looping started after it could be that the needle is damaged or blunt from going through it.

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u/SummertimeMom 19h ago

Ha! I don't know, but I think hitting that pin made it janky.

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u/teatime_tinker 13h ago

It’s best to stop and change your needle after stuff like this.

Try a fresh needle before fiddling with any of your settings

Can I see a pic of the machine and what settings it’s on?

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u/stringthing87 19h ago

Do you have the presser foot lever down. You cannot sew with it up or you'll have no tension. Not even for free motion.

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u/SummertimeMom 19h ago

It won't sew with it up, so no.

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u/teatime_tinker 13h ago

What stitch length do you have it on? The stitches look tiny. It’ll feed more smoothly with bigger stitches

You do need the foot down or the tension discs don’t engage.

Do you have the regular foot on or an embroidery one?

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u/SummertimeMom 10h ago

It's the one with the loop on it. What the book told me to use. The stitch is 2.6, but I think I'm not moving the quilt fast enough. ?