Longarm Thread Breakage Tutorial

Your longarm keeps breaking thread , oh my! What to do? Let’s go through the check list with Quilters Headquarters thread breakage tutorial.

[lindashirck]

Thank you SO much for explaining the difference between skipped and long stitches. I had both issues going on at once, and your trouble shooting tips solved my problems. You’re the best!

[hilsleckie]

Thank you so much - easy instructions to follow

[jennifermoss]

This video saved me! It was the hopping foot height. I wasted hours of rethreading broken threads until I adjusted the foot height. Thank you!

[eringetting]

Thank you for this video - this is great info to make sure we look at everything. Also, it’s so clear that the two of you really enjoy each other!

[lynnlegault]

All great tips, I'll go check my machine for all these recommendations

[irenebattistiscott]

Excellent tutorial and tips -- thank you! This is the best video I've seen on the subject of longarm thread breakage.

[eleanorwittering]

Greetings, Sioux Falls, SD! LOL!: 'having to "drive" two hours to locate another sewing center, only to find out your "needle" was in correctly.

In North & South Dakota, I used to always say, "Want to go anywhere in either state, one has to 'purpose in one's heart' to get to where one wants to go!"

(Nothing in North or South Dakota is a quick 'run out, grab something quick, get home in time to fix dinner; "Nope! It's checking the calander, creating a hole in one's calander--and, expect an 'all day

And, finally, when you get home, it's, "Home Again, Home Again, No Bread Baked!")😂

[heatherclifton]

This was by far the most helpful video I've come across so far that addresses how to truly and comprehensively troubleshoot tension issues. There are a million videos that tell you to change your needle, clean your bobbin, and rethread your tension disc. This is for when you have already done those things and still need help!

[sherryzoltay]

You SAVED my sanity and my Christmas! Thank you from the bottom of my heart (to the top 😁) for this video. I needed almost every tip or bit of information you included in it to get my Q'nique back to functional. Bless you and yours and keep these videos coming. 💕 You rescued my machine from a boat yard end.

[colettedegroot]

You two are cute! Thank you for being "real" and not all staged out. Some great advice for any long armer!

[TheGranChris]

This is a wonderful video. Suddenly my 14+ doesn't like sewing right to left. Thread keeps shredding and breaking. Any thoughts on that problem? A new one for me.

[snickerbuckle]

I always use the corner of an index card to clean out under the bobbin tension spring. A metal pin could scratch the case.

[gailneumann]

I use a paint stir stick for my bed height

[charmainemarshall]

Hi Bob and Lori thank you for your all your tips but especially the tip on moving the needle to the right wow what a difference that made. I'm a new quilter with a second had Gammill and I have reset everything back to factory setting etc. but I couldn't stop that thread breaking. Thank you so very much for sharing your experience with us learners. 👍

[cindykannenberg]

I can’t admit to how my needle was installed but now it’s like the video. I really need to relearn things sometimes! Thanks for the tutorial 😊

[marilinden]

Great video! Gave me all the info I need to trouble shoot my machine! Thank you Bob and Lori.

[mjp]

Yes. I was using some really cheap, junky fabric for practice. I changed my needle, because the last quilt wasn’t the best. Changed the thread to what I needed for another quilt. Had breakage every time I sped up. My bobbin doesn’t like clockwise, so I changed that. Tension was so screwy, well, because I decided to back it up. Just not happy with the stitches. I think I’ve got it back, just about right. Thanks so much for this video. Hope you all got thru the Covid ok. I noticed this is 4 yrs old.

[celestinwebb]

This should be required watching before you start using a long arm! Great advice and help!

[donataylor]

On the top tension knob...I don't have anything sticking out, there is just a hole with threads there. I have a Q'nique 21 pro that is refurbished and purchased 2 years ago. Is it missing something that goes in this hole?

[AngelTorres-ctmh]

Thank you, thank you….I had needle backward….😍