I know exactly how you feel. I cannot FMQ at all on my domestic, setting the top tension from 1-4 almost, and nothing makes a difference...speed, thread, needle- ARG!! I have since bought a Juki 2010 and was able to FMQ just fine right out of the box- no adjustments at all! I am going to take a FMQ class and take both machines- perhaps they can show me what is going on with one and not the other.