Adjusting cams on the horizontal wheels for APQS quilting machine tables allow you to customize the movement and achieve a feel that is right for your quilting style.

Read our tips on how to successfully use "unusual" fabrics for your backing.

The usual culprit is lint! Be sure to blow out the thread cutter blades (the section where the puller arm draws the thread to cut) every day. If you do not, the lint will build up between the wave washers (you can't even see it!) and cause the top blade to raise up just enough so that it won't always cut. DO NOT LOOSEN or REMOVE THE BLADES!!

Tension won't be so mysterious and irritating if you learn a few secrets about managing it and how the other choices you’ve made regarding your quilt top affect it.