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Comment by richelle j rodriguez on May 22, 2013 at 9:48pm

i'll try that Riana! I just got home from work and am planning on   quilting tonight! 

Comment by Riana Noyes on May 21, 2013 at 9:47pm

Oh oh, that reply was for richelle..llol, but changing needle never hurts. Judy, if you don't use a stitch regulator, perhaps you,re going around the curves too fast. Slow down around corners instead of whipping around tgem fast, you may get "eyelashes" on the underside. BTW, l keep an old compct mirror and a flashlight handy to check underneath when l'm doing something new...better to find out sooner than later if something's not right underneath.

Comment by Judy Mosley Fletcher on May 21, 2013 at 8:07pm

Thanks Riana, I'll do that.
I should have thought about changing the needle.

Take care.

Comment by Riana Noyes on May 21, 2013 at 7:39pm

Take out the bobbin, and run a sewing needle ( carefully) under the spring, l'll bet there's some gunk in there. Also change your needle, it,s probably gotten a slight bend in it that makes it pierce the thread when not flying around fast enough to cause the bigger loops ( from centrifical force).

Comment by Judy Mosley Fletcher on May 21, 2013 at 7:34pm

I have my Avante 18. Yea! It was set up yesterday, Monday. It worked well last nite until I got to the middle of the 2nd groovy board. Then, when I went around a curve, it did a long stitch, like a basting stitch ONLY on the curve. Everything else was good.

Anybody have an idea what's going on? I figure it's me, but it's a new skill for me and I don't have the experience to figure it out, yet.

Comment by richelle j rodriguez on May 21, 2013 at 6:14pm

hey ladies , I wondered if any one could tell me why my bobbin thread keeps breaking when I pause for a second while in manual mode?  it seems to work fine on stitch regulated mode. I am trying out Glide thread and have already loosened the top tension quite a bit to get a good stitch. i also have the magic genie bobbin washers in also.

Comment by viki hagan on May 16, 2013 at 10:12pm

I'll give it all a try, lol.. let you know how it goes.

Comment by Robin Haigh on May 16, 2013 at 7:01pm

I love my HQ Avante also. So easy to use and like Peggy said, easy to work with the tension. I don't have the computer though.

Comment by Peggy Thompson on May 16, 2013 at 6:18pm

I have the HQ Avante.  One of the things I was told to not be afraid of touching the tension.  Depending on threads that I use and whether I'm quilting with cotton or flannel, I always test it out first before I start in on my quilt.  That way if the thread nests on the bottom I just turn the top tension a whole turn if that doesn't work I turn it two turns back the other way and it usually corrects the problem.  With the thread breaking, if you've already checked your bobbin tension by testing the bobbin and that's not the problem, then give the tension a whole turn one way and see what happens. 

Comment by Carla E Belisle on May 16, 2013 at 4:26pm

I want to get the HQ handiquilter with the computer, but I need to sale my APQS Ultimate II system,anyone have any idea on the best way to sale it, any thoughts on the HQ Handiquilter? the more I know from experienced quilters, the better I will feel about selling mine and gettting a new one.Thanks

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