Curve issue with Cowboy Outlaw

[bigsig11010]

I rarely ever have any issues while stitching with my Outlaw but I had a problem with the bottom side of a curve and I dont understand what I did wrong. Im attaching pics. The top side looks ok. I can tell that I apparently altered my stitch length while navigating the curve but the bottom side looks like the thread skips across the corner on one side. Anyone have an idea what I did wrong and how to correct or avoid it? 

Thanks in advance. 

Bigs

 

[dikman]

It's a tension issue, although I'm not sure why it happens on the curve. I would have thought a manual machine would be less likely to do that.

You can see it on the stitches around the curve, you've either lost top tension or bottom tension has increased. Again, 

[AlZilla]

I do not have an answer. It looks like something happened to your upper tension as you navigated the turn. 

Looking at the top picture, did you sew clockwise or counterclockwise?

If you lifted the presser foot when you turned, it might have been able to pull some slack since the tension discs would have released. That wouldn't explain the varying stitch length unless the needle was all the way out of the leather.

[friquant]

Your stitch length is unequal as you go around the bend. Maybe that is affecting the tension.

In that tight corner, try doing all your turning with the needle down. That is---stitch, turn, stitch, turn, stitch, turn. That will get your stitch lengths to match. And see if that fixes the tension issue as well.

[jrdunn]

Just throwing something against the wall. . .  Did you possibly raise the presser foot with the needle up while going around the curve?  Maybe that released the top tension.  JM2C, Jim

[Thadrick]

Yeah, took me a while to figure out that problem also. Lifting the foot causes it. Shuffling the material around while the foot is up also. Try to keep the foot down when turning and if it's a mild turn keep the needle down as well.