Tension Issues - Learn how to adjust tension on your sewing machine
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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In this video we talk about the tension surrounding TENSION - how to understand and adjust Tension on your sewing machine; domestic or long arm. Happy Quilting!
I just found you, Thank you for explaining tension this way. I had given up free motion . I am back quilting. Thank you.
Wonderful!
I am very grateful for your video. It has helped me a lot. Not even the tutors were able to help me with this. I gave up for three years and finally decided to check online for help. Thanks to you I'll resume my quilting. I just tried all what you explained and my machine works wonderfully. And I thought I didn't have a good machine. Thank you, Thank you ,thank you!
That makes me really really happy to hear I have saved your machine and your sanity. Happy to help you and your quilting..
Finally a video that explains my problem 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Excellent explanation. Thank you so much.
Thanks Helen....great tutorial...😄👍
Best tutorial on tension thread! Thanks!
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Best explanation ever!
Thank you. Glad it helped.
I love my sweet sixteen,I have made some beautiful quilts! Helen you make the whole process fun!
well done thank you.i now understand perfectly.
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very nice tutorial..thanks a lot.u sorted out all d tension of tension in one video!!!
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Excellent tutorial. Thank you.
Great teacher!!
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You are my new best friend! Thank you so much for this video...I truly (finally) understand tension
Thank Tori Glad to be of service. May I use your comment as testimony?
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thankyou Helen in just a few tutorial's from you i am now feeling like getting into free motion ,this one explains at all ,you truly are wonderful xo
You’re welcome 😊
Thankyou so much for that! Great info and a real help ☺☺☺
Excellent tips
Best explanation I ever had about tension! Thank you so much!
What an easy way to understand tension. Never heard it explained that way. You simplified it. Thank you.
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Gosh, this is so helpful and guiding. So many thanks.
Best tutorial I've found so far on tension.Thanks so much!
Tension is a very tricky thing to get the knack of as it can make the machine make really weird noises that makes you think your breaking the machine., I've broke the needle through the material all crunching up....so I keep watching these videos looking for my particular machine.
Thanks Cynthia. You’re welcome
Thank you so much!You explained tension to me like no one before.I finally understand.
My Sweet Sixteen arrives today. This was very helpful. Thank you so much and have a great day!
Helen you are just amazing!! I've read and seen lots of posts, info, vids etc on tension over the years but your use of "his muscles" is just brilliant! Thank you. I've day I dream too meet you and do a class with you.
so very helpful good advice thank you Helen
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This is the very first time that I understood just what is going on and how to resolve my tension issues. Thank you
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Thanks good explanation very helpful I will try on my machine many thanks.
Thank you, Helen for this video.
I'd watched a few and was getting very frustrated. You're the only one who mentioned that the problem could be the tension on the upper thread.
Many thanks.
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Great tutorial
You explained this so well, I think I've got it now!! Great teacher and I love your accent!!
Thankyou
Thanks for an excellent tension tutorial. So clear and straightforward!
Thanks Lyn Glad i could assist
Thanks, that was great! Years of sewing and I never understood tension so well, till now.
Glad it was helpful!!
Thankyou so much
You explain tension so well! Thanks! You took the scariness out of it (esp with setting the bobbin tension!)
THANK YOU! I nearly sold my machine i was so frustrated. Well explained and easy to follow
This is covid19 2020 and I only see plastic bobbin holders now. I'm back into my embroidery machine and learning my tension is all wrong lol great video
Great bit of advice! Thank you so much. I understand my long-arm so much better now.
This is the most useful video about tension because it actually explains things fully - thank you!
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Thank you sooooo much for posting this! I was having huge issues with my Omega machine... you are a great educator!
this is d most informative video ever muah
Thank you. That is the best explanation I have seen. Easy to understand and so straight forward. The muscle scenario will be sure to stick in the memory.
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This is so well timed. I've been wondering about the tension on my machine. I know so much more now. Thank you. It all makes sense once you know, doesn't it?
Thank you so much for this video it help me a lot
Thanks, I understand most from this vid about tension than all the others I've watched.
Many thanks for your step by step tutorial. As a newbie in FMQ I bumped into this problem when I first used different colours. Now I have the knowledge I hope thread tension for quilting is a thing of the past.
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Thank you thank you
This is the best tension explanation for a long arm that I have found. Thank you.
Thank you. Your welcome. Have this video on speed dial for future reference. Better still, subscribe to my UA-cam channel Helen Godden Quilts for more Education and Inspiration. Cheers.
This video tops many video out there in term of teaching. Great teaching skills. Thank you very much.
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Love your tutorial, thank you for all the great info. Elsie
Your welcome.
Great tutorial, I finally understand the significance of making adjustments and just not sticking with the preset numbers. Thank you!!
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thankyou. I am always scared to adjust tension dials thinking I will never get it right. Your video and explaination have helped understand it
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I am a fairly new sewer and never understood tension before, this made it very clear. Thank You!
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Thank you for the simplified explanation!
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Thank you excellent video
Finally! I think I understand tension. Thank you!
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Super great explanation! Thanks so much!
Bravo Hellen...U R Goddess...Thnx..
Oh My Lady! This helped me very much! Thank you so much for sharing!!! Any blessings! :)
This was an awesome video! I learned a ton about tension! I'm going to be more confident to turn the top tension knob and not blame my bobbin all the time. Highly recommend this video!!
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Really helpful. Thanks heaps
Thank you Helen I understand a bit more about tension
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thank you...this video is very helpful!
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ty 100 times over and over alot of people suggested to much tension on the bobbin followed your suggestion and no mo birdnesting ty, ty, ty
You are so welcome. Your welcome. Have this video on speed dial for future reference. Better still, subscribe to my UA-cam channel Helen Godden Quilts for more Education and Inspiration. Cheers.
Thank you Helen, showed me alot.
Thank you very much for this lesson. I can't believe I never thought of just playing with a sample sandwich to see what happens when I move the tension dial about.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I played with top tension and it worked.
great video!
great info explained in such a way I shouldn't forget about those threads and their muscles
Really happy to hear that Chris! What other quilty topic would you like to see explained in a future tutorial video?
Very clear instruction and demonstration - thank you
Your welcome
Awesome tension video---thanks bunches ;)
Such good help. Much better than the manual!!! Thank you.
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Thanks for the best tension explanation I've seen. And all the time this happened to me the machine went of for a service. Not any more, now that can fix it . 🤦🏼♀️
Thank you! Great information.
Hi Helen, you are an amazing and naturally gifted teacher! I think you quilting skills are absolutely superb! You have the ability to explain the mysteries of fmq in a way that makes us believe we can do it too! I'd like to thank you for being so generous with all the information that you share with us.
I'm wondering if you have any tips on basic fmq designs or techniques that would be be useful for a beginner to practice? There are so many beautiful patterns in your quilts and I'd love to try your BOM painted blocks but my quilting would be embarassing! Thanks again, H
She is a gifted teacher isn't she? Some people just have the knack of imparting knowledge so it's clearly understood. And now it makes so much sense! Once you have the understanding of how things work?
Thank you so much. My issues are solved!!!!!!
I love your video it's still hard to get the correct tension. I have Avante and I was quilting today and the top stitch was beautiful and turned the quilt in the bottom stitches were flat, I try to adjust the top tension and was not able to get a good stitch on the bottom had a lot to pull out today. Will try again tomorrow.
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Great tutorial on tension!
So glad it worked for you! Any future tutorial video you'd like to see from Helen Godden Quilts?
Fabulous, thank you! x
Thanks a lot for this helpful information. Just got my longarm on my frame and used it, and so Im going to lessen the upper guys muscle. Oh Yeah, I got him now.
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excellent explanation!
Thank you that has helped me. I also am having what I call "skipping stitches" the go really long then several correct then really long. I have no clue!! lol
Great Tutorial......Love my SS16. Just purchased the adjustable couching feet and I'm looking at videos on how to put it on my machine; looks a little difficult so wish me luck !
As the designer of the couching foot, I have online classes in couching.
Thank you it really help
Ótima explicação.
I love this tutorial and thank you so much. The problem I'm having is that my bobbin tension is fine, but I have tightened my top tension as far as it will go and I am still seeing the top thread being pulled through to the back. Any suggestions?
Sorry for the delayed response. Only just found these questions here. Sounds like your p thread was not flossed between the disc ms properly. I sure hope you worked that out yourself before now! Lol
Great video you've help me so much , you now have a new subscriber :)))
Thanks barbara
Appreciate the demo on how tight the bobbin casing should be for free motion quilting. I have a singer L500, which has a metal bobbin casing like the one you showed. I have a problem when I use a 60 weight thread in bobbin though. The thread somehow gets wrapped around the pin the bobbin sits on underneath the machine and breaks when I try to quilt. I cannot figure why. I don’t have this problem with other thread weights. I was wondering if you might have an idea of what’s causing it and how the fix it. I have rethreaded it numerous times to no avail. Thanks in advance.
The reason a thread wraps around the spindle is 2 reasons. if the bobbin is over full the thread can slide off and wrap. The other reason is the thread is light weight and the bobbin gets up so much speed whilst stitching and then when you stop sewing, it has so much momentum it keeps spinning and it gets back lash and the bobbin continues to spin inside the bobbin case. You need to ask a sewing machine shop for some back lash springs or "genie washers" suitable for your bobbin case size.
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That makes a lot sense! I will look into the the washers and see if that will help. And I will try a partially filled bobbin also. Thank you for your quick response and insights!
Great tutorial. I love the HQ videos, they are so easy to understand. One question, are you testing the tension right on the edge of the quilt sandwich(batting and backing)? We have been using little fake sandwiches but they are so hard to hold on to.
As long as it is tested through all three layers, whether you use the edge or a sample - it must be similar batting.
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I am sewing thru thick layers, getting bird nesting from top thread. What tension do I use for thick layers?
Is the bird nesting on top or bottom of quilt. If on bottom, your top thread has skipped the tension path. re thread and watch my video again. cheers
I have this machine Juki DDL-555. I'm having a problem with it. The stitching changing nob is lose and when I stitch it doesn't stitch properly. Two stitches come normally and the third one is bigger then the normal stitch size. How can I fix it?
Stitch length in free motion is the movement of your hands. I am not really sure of your question sorry
Why is my tread fraing at the needle. I've adjusted my tension
Sorry I missed your question. Sounds like you needed a bigger needle size.
Ce qui compte c'est surtout la manière dont les gens nous traitent ....
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They never cover my machine es2000 brother
The theory in Tension video applies to all machines. Even those with supposedly auto tension. Just over ride it. Your machine can not know all the variations we throw at it.