Testing sewing on over quilt materials -- is this amount of bunching normal?

[theery]

Hey guys,

I'm making my first over quilt, and am practicing sewing on the materials. I've read up a lot on thread tensioning, and it seems right, however, I'm getting some bunching in the fabric. I lowered the tension on both the upper and lower threads, and it's better, but still getting some. The upper tension dial is now on 3 and the bobbin has been adjusted accordingly. Does this amount of bunching look normal? If not, what can I do to fix it?

Thanks!

[brankulo]

play with your tensions. currently i am making quilt from argon 67 and my upper tension is set to 0.
not sure what fabric you are using, argon 67 is very lightweight and anything but 0 didint work on my machine.

[Adam Alphabet]

Hey guys,

I'm making my first over quilt, and am practicing sewing on the materials. I've read up a lot on thread tensioning, and it seems right, however, I'm getting some bunching in the fabric. I lowered the tension on both the upper and lower threads, and it's better, but still getting some. The upper tension dial is now on 3 and the bobbin has been adjusted accordingly. Does this amount of bunching look normal? If not, what can I do to fix it?

Thanks!

From the work I've done making both synthetic and down quilts that looks about right. Those SUL materials are challenging to sew and tensioning can be a bit of a pain. Looks fine.
I would pull the material tight to help reduce bunching. A little crude but it worked for the projects I've done.
Use black thread to help hide any mistakes and you'll be stoked once you're in the field.