eMotions: Status Update

I've been absent for a bit, but squeezed a few more projects out of my embroidery machine. I phrase it that way because it's been having some tension problems lately. I have had to set the upper tension very high (7) to get it to work, but even then, it will not stay consistent (one side of a stitch will look okay, the other will be off). I've decided to take it into my Bernina dealer to be looked at, but have not had time to do it. That said, I have discovered that the tension can be thrown off for just about any tiny reason--most recently, the thread was running over the USB cord on the back of the machine, and just that was enough to produce enough drag to really make it unhappy.