When I saw your post I got excited as I thought I would finally get the answer to my problem. I seem to always be fighting the machine to stay straight. It is like trying to keep a car on the road that constanly pulls to the side. I don't think mine is the machine as it is like that on everyone I have tried. My SIL who is very good watched me on her and she does not understand it. She does not know what I am doing wrong I have used a seam guide, a pc of tape, a quarter in foot lining it up it the begining of the bed and not wait till the needle looking ahead looking behind not looking at all It is the same