I have a Viking Emerald 118 and use it for FMQ. With enough practice, I am able to keep my stitches fairly regular. I even tried FMQ using a darning foot and leaving the feed dogs UP (read that somewhere on the 'net and decided to try it). The movement of the fabric was obviously not as easy with the dogs up, but I had an easier time getting even stitches and was still able to draw circles and pebbles, etc. I was using a small practice sandwich at the time and switched back to dogs down because I realized that if I am doing a larger blanket, the extra drag created by the dogs might be problematic. I figured it was a shortcut that will not pay off in the end and it was better to learn to do it the harder way and get my timing down.
Do you listen to music while you FMQ? I find that VERY helpful. Good luck!
