ktbb

In answer to your question,I've tried several of the aids like halo, etc, and none of them worked for me. After watching a local professional quilter work on her domestic machine, I had an epiphany - I was going too fast. Once I slowed down....really slow...I found that my work was smooth and I was able to do some complicated designs with little practice. My really slow, I mean that I put the machine on the slowest speed I can get. With your machine which has no speed control, you may be able to put a "stop" on your foot pedal some way so that the machine will not go very fast. I just got a friend to do the same thing today - slow it down, and she was having smooth designs and even stitches in no time. ....and obviously the speed of moving the fabric has to slow down as well to match the machine -