Thank you for the tip about leaving a larger batting so I have something to hold on to. That will help a lot. I finally had someone explain why I needed the feed dogs down in a manner I could understand. It's what was messing up my side to side movement because the dogs were still trying to go up the fabric. I'm having better luck now with the movements that require more control. I took a couple of days off because I was busy and when I went back to it the foot speed and hand movement were way off again. I need to be more consistant.
Thanks for keeping up with the thread. I hope some of you will show your FMQ too.