Kathy, The thread pulls fine and works well on a regular foot, it is just the embroidery foot and free motion quilting.
Nanatn - I will change the stitch length. I never thought about that since I am free motion quilting, but it is worth a try.
Lin - Thanks for your advice on the needles. I have tried several, but since I am using Coats and Clark I went ahead and picked up some new 90/14 and 80/12...maybe I have some old needles?? Also, good idea about making notes of what works because I had this problem a few months ago and finally got it to work...now I cannot remember what I did other than different and new needles.
God Bless!
Lori