Don't know which thread will get read, if any, so here is my current situation. I got another FMQ foot which works better, but, it is very close to the fabric and even though the feed dogs are down and stitch length set as low as it will go, I have to really pull it through. It moves, but not so flowy as my dinky mechanical Brother which is my go-to machine for FMQ. If I rig the new foot just a bit, to be ever so slightly off the fabric as it goes under the needle, it doesn't make a stitch. The tension is definitely engaged. What's up with that?