Originally Posted by Cathe
Do you have a spring (darning) foot?
If you can, release or lower the pressure on the presser foot.
It is harder to do free motion quilting with the feed dog cover (instead of dropping the feed dogs) because it does reduce the space between the presser foot and the plate, making it harder to move the quilt.
I love my Spring darning foot and find it fantastic while doing free motion embrodery or quilting.