By the time your get this I hope your machine is stitching good again. If it's not, it sounds like the pressor foot height is not where it should be. I believe I read that the skipped stitches begin right after the pressor foot goes "up and over" the seam. Would it be that the pressor foot needs to be lowered just a tad to hold the fabric down so the stitches can be formed. It may be just a tad to high as it comes over the