It does make sense. I'll have to take a closer look at them when I pull the quilt out. I don't *think* that's the issue, though. In fact, the opposite is more likely to be true. I haven't mastered the quilting stitch yet, that's for sure! LOL But when I asked for advice before I started at Red Poppy Quilt N Sew, our local quilting store, they said that it's more important to be consistent than to have small stitches... so I'm trying not to change my method until I finish this quilt. On the next one, I'm going to start out with better precision now that I'm getting the hang of it.