Well, I have a huge table so the quilt is supported, but my machine sits on top of the table, it's not lowered into it which might make a difference. Unfortunately it's not an option now. I was also reading something that said that its possible that the foot when lowered into position might be applying a bit too much pressure on the quilt and someone recommended just taking the foot off. That did not work so I tried to keep the coils in the spring "contracted" with safety pins, which suprisingly did make a bit of a difference but it was mostly a band-aid solution.