Some swirl variation quilting while talking about positioning your take up bar for good tension. 

You are doing quite well as a newbie longarmer, You will learn lots of things as you go but don’t stress your quilts will be beautiful. I have had my machine for six years and do around 200 quilts a year, as you keep going you will see how much easier and quicker you quilt. And yes, we all have our moments when things are just not going well (just a day in the life, this too will pass.) I love your batik material the quilt is beautiful. Have a great week, happy quilting.

Thanks for sharing these issues that we might have. There are so many things that have to be just right when you load a quilt.