Quilting Techniques & Troubleshooting

Free-motion quilting, piecing, and binding all come with their own learning curves and their own ways to go wrong. This hub covers the techniques themselves and the troubleshooting that usually only shows up in forum threads: skipped stitches, tension problems, and jump stitches.

Close-up of hands guiding a quilt top under a sewing machine needle mid-stitch

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Quilter guiding a pieced star quilt under a sewing machine presser foot in a bright sewing room

Quilting Statistics: 15 Verified Numbers and 4 Myths

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close-up of uneven, looped machine quilting stitches showing tension problems on fabric

How to Fix Uneven Tension on a Quilting Machine

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Changing to a fresh needle to fix skipped stitches when free motion quilting

How to Fix Skipped Stitches When Free-Motion Quilting

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