Originally Posted by mjorgenson
The problem is the tension. Janome has a special bobbin case you can get that has a lighter tension and is marked with a blue dot so you know which one you are using. Single hole needle plate also helps. Check with your dealer and buy a second bobbin case and set the tension lighter. Just a slight adjustment. Mark it in some way so it is special. These two things should make you FMQ apleasure and look great.
It's not her tension. Look at the length of the stitches. They're actually pretty long. That means she was moving the quilt too fast and the machine was going to slow.