Re:Help with Machine Quilting

• Re:Help with Machine Quilting - 2008-02-09 08:43:45-05
  There are a few reasons this can happen.
  
  First of all how big is the quilt? And how is it basted?
  
  
  if you used a pins to baste on a large quilt and the pins are spaced too far apart you will get puckers. I like to use the 2 finger spacing that means pins are no further than the width of two finger.
  
  
  If you used thread to baste, the same thing can happen if your stitches are two far apart.
  
  
  What type of quilting are you doing? free motion? or some kind of straight line quilting? like in the ditch, or outline or grids?
  
  With straight line quilting you need to use a walking foot. Which will help move the top layer of fabric at the same rate as the bottom.
  
  
  With free motion quilting, you need to be careful that you are not pushing the fabric or pulling the fabric faster than you are stitching.
  
  
  With free motion tension should not be too much of an issue, but with straight line quilting it might be. If you have some scraps of fabric and batting (preferably the same as your quilt) make a small sandwich and do some test stitches and adjust your tension if needed.
  
  
  These are just a few things I can think of without actually seeing what you are doing.
  
  Let me know if it helps.