When you are doing free motion- you should drop feed dogs (some people who can't drop them put their stitch to 0) but the reason you get "eyelashes" is because it takes practice to get the speed of the machine with the speed you make the circles or curves. IT TAKES PRACTICE and lots of it. Watching You Tube is an excellent idea and there are many. Then makes sandwiches from scraps and start practicing. I've been doing free motion on a Viking for years and got really good at it......then I bought a new Janome with an 11 inch throat and I felt like I had never done it before, eyelashes everywhere. This new machine sews so much faster I had to learn the speed and movement all over. You will get it, just practice.