Thanks Rob. I never knew to put my finger on the bobbin and feel the thread pop into place.

Omg!! Sure wished I had seen these videos weeks ago. This is truly a stress reliever. I couldn’t figure out what was going on with my tension in my new Allegro! Now I know! Thank you Rob!!!!!

Excellent, fantastic, thank you!

Thanks Rob. We love your knowledge. 😉

Thank you, Rob. This was so helpful.

Rob, thank you for a most informative video. The advice I give all new sewers is use quality thread and take your machine in for an annual service. It does not guarantee that you will be problem free but it does minimize the chances. If you are having tension issues first thing re-thread the machine, second change your needle ( I am presuming thread , needle and fabric are appropriate). Loved your video

Excellent explanations ! I am really impressed . I finally understand these kind of issues . Rob you are an excellent teacher. I always liked and appreciated your videos, but this last series are so well done in the best professional style. Thank you very ,very much! ( I am a doctor and that's the reason I like these kind of logic explanations based on "symptoms" followed by a "diagnostic"!🤗)

I am sewing for 40 years so I knew most of it. But I find your videos very informative and still learn a bit in almost every one of them. I love this series.

Rob thank you for a VERY informative, EASY to understand explanation of what to look for in bobbins! Love your teaching style and I'm so happy your with Stitchin Heaven...now if we could just get you on a cruise, that would be a blast!

Thank you!!!

This is so helpful

Thank you. I have a Juki TL-18QVP and have a lot of trouble getting it balanced for thicker layers of fabric.

Thank you rob. Been having trouble with my bernina record for years, off and on. As you know, their tension set up us different. But your mechanical description of how tension helped me. I started trouble shooting. Thicker thread through the tension area to clean it…. Then….All these years I didn’t realize I had to thread the machine to the right of the tension spot. You may not remember me but I’m from sm. My ex and I went to a “teach how to sew” retreat in Cambria. (Last name was Gonzalez). You opened up my quilting by teaching me how to free motion quilt and raw edge appliqué. Love your videos and so proud to follow your career. Love leah

Fantastic video full of great information about tension. Tension issues can be so confusing! Appreciate how you explain thoroughly.

Thank you! I look forward to more tension discussions.

Great instructional video. Still working on totally understanding how tension works.... This helped so much!! Thank you!!

Thanks Rob for addressing tension issues 🥰

Thanks for this information. I've been sewing a long time and your video brought to light one thing I wasn't sure of. Great info.

Thanks Rob Learning more every video. You are awesome and sew well!

Such great info for maintaining and overcoming machine issues! Thanks so much Rob💕🧵

Very informative, thanks Rob!

I was in a local quilt club and my tension was too tight even on zero. One of the ladies said that could be caused by moving the machine aroundtoo much. I can't understand why moving the machine ( from my house, to the car, to our quilting place) can upset tension. ????? I had it proffessionaly fixed, but that costs what a Wal-Mart Singer would cost!!!

👍👍just what I needed to find my . Thanks Rob 👏🏼👍Brother PQ1500 is skipping stitches while I’m trying to FM🙄😮😠😩Sooo frustrated I’ve rethreaded it 3x change needle . Help help before I beat it w hammer 🤯 I have ripped ripped ripped out stitches.

Excellent tutorial.

Thank you for the info!!

Thanks, great info

Thank you so much! I have got a pfaff quilt expression 720 and with a thin thread like a Gütermann mini King the thread gets thinner and thinner until it breaks when I free motion quilt or use the appliqué stitch. It's wriggled up more or less, something seems to rub on it in the hidden upper tension area. I often minimize the tension, I have tried out different needles ... Sometimes this seems to help, but not always. Could you do a video about that please, too? This happens although I have cleaned everything in there that is within my reach! Best wishes from Germany! Andrea

Thanks!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

I've really appreciated your tension tutorials. Thank you! I'm wondering why my seams do not sew at the beginning occasionally at the end. I am making myself use leaders but that's distracting. Appreciate any help you can give me. I sew on pfaff performance 5.2. Also on a pfaff older. Thanks Jeanne

Great video. So here’s something I came up against this past weekend. I was sewing Kimberbell’s fabric baskets and there is satin stitching all around the outside. The machine/thread worked fine for a while and next thing I knew, the needle broke. Rethreaded, checked bobbin, replaced the needle. It happened 2 more X. I changed thread and all of the other steps above. Sewed maybe 40 stitches and needle broke. Things were clanging and crunching. I was wondering if it was a tension issue. I broke 5 needles in about 20 minutes. Ends of thread were frayed. I checked bobbin case to make sure white dots lined up. Tried thread #3 and everything worked like a charm. Does that have anything to do with the weight of the thread as the spool is used up? I know you mentioned in last video the weight changes outcome so I’m curious as to how to rectify it. (Ellisimo Gold machine and polyester thread) Ty!!!

Is he working for Michael Miller anymore?

Brother PQ 1500 is skipping stitches while free motioning squiggles large, using cotton fabrics batting thread put in new HLx5 needle as recommended rethreaded numerous times n it sews ok then skip normal skip larger . Please help ur a machine quilter n technician . I’m soo frustrated can’t afford to find a shop rural Georgia nothing here but cotton 🙄😩

What about 830 Bernina

Rob please help I have a brother PQ 1500 I have changed the needle rethreaded it 3x cleaned it truces to adjust the pressure on top of machine dropped my feed dogs and the Dumb 🤬 machine keeps skipping stitches 2 days I’ve been messing with it . It sews normal then a big skip during my stippling free motín . 😩 help please before I murder the machine 😩🥺

Do we loosen the tension when sewing through a thick project (many layers of fabric)?

With Janome 9450 foot down when threading. ??? Confused.