Note to self…..

Has this ever happened to you?

You change the thread to start your quilting, stitch a few lines…..or a BUNCH of lines…..and then look at the back…..

YIKES!!!

Then you think to yourself….

“WHY DIDN’T I CHECK THE TENSION????????”

I normally do check it, but this time I thought that everything would be okay.

When I had a look at my machine, I could see that the thread hadn’t made it between the tension disks….

So this begs the question of…. “How do you check your tension?”

Here is my method…..

I pull out a sample piece that lives under my machine…..

Find an open area…..

….and start by stitching a few straight lines…..

Stop and check the back…..

So far….so good!!

Next, I quilt a couple of curved lines and a few loops…..

Check the back again…..

THAT will work!!

By stitching these three designs….straight, curves and loops, I figure that I have covered all of the basic shapes and can see how the tension looks.

How do you check your tension???

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