Originally Posted by indymta

Quilt E's suggestion to shorten my stitch length (I had gone from 2.2 to 1.8) down to 1.0 did the trick for me
Removed the paper from my first batch of 16 HSTs without pulling out threads. Also pulled the paper toward me as suggested and from the middle. I'm getting ready to sew another batch. Again thanks to all for the suggestions.