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Home » Blog » Education » Thread & Tension Help » How to adjust top tension on APQS quilting machines

How to adjust top tension on APQS quilting machines

May 2, 2017

Beautiful quilting stitches are easy to achieve thanks to the simple disk thread tensioner on APQS longarm quilting machines. In this video, APQS Customer Service & Education Director Dawn Cavanaugh shows how easy it is to adjust your top tension!

Happy quilting!

Dawn Cavanaugh
Dawn Cavanaugh
Dawn Cavanaugh is the Education Director at APQS.
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