Yea, 3.0 sounds about right to me, sometimes I do 3.5 or 4.0 for actual topstitching. I like my FMQ stitches to be really tight and close together not the 1/8" they tell you. Maybe it's a question of me not being good enough to get the 1/8" and I'm settling for the tighter stitches, LOL that's probably closer to the truth.