I am sort of new to quilting myself. I recently completed a baby quilt for my newest grandson. I was using my newly purchased walking foot to stitch in the ditch and had the same problem. After many trials and errors, I figured out that my walking foot was not attached exactly right. It made all the difference for me. Don't give up. Keep moving forward with your quilting. We are in the learning phase and I am finding that I improve with each project because I learn something new and hone my skills with each one. I couldn't give it up if I had to now! I am too addicted!