Originally Posted by Sannianni
I have been using a walking foot. My machine is 40 years old, so I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it!
The age of your machine is not the problem, probably! They usually sew better than the new ones. :shock:
It really does sound like you didn't pin/baste enough. My quilt teacher taught us that we'd pinned enough if our hand, fingers spread, covered at least five pins.
Don't give up! You'll get better, as we all did.