this is one reason i use spray basting or fusible batting. it doesn't move on me. now if it's bunching up around the needle, perhaps you don't have enough room for the quilt to go behind the machine easily. If i'm doing a border, i do curves all around the border then i start the feathers on one side of the curve and when back to where i started, i go onto the other side. smaller areas should be easier. You should look at tutorials online and practice on some squares of fabric and batting.
this pic shows one partially done on a border. i did some loops on the curves so i could insert circles in them.