Thanks, also went online and found the cover that belongs with my machine so I'm ordering that so I don't have to remove the feed dogs everytime i quilt. Also I saw a turtorial where the woman used a sewing silicone on her surface to make it more slippery and she used an extention table and sprayed that too to make it move more freely so I'm going to try that too. Just want to be able to quilt my own quilts if I can. So expensive to send off and doing straight stitch to sew together is ok but might as well learn this too for experience and fun.