Originally Posted by Bree123

The stitches don't look tiny in the photo. One thing that I do to help is to create a visual reference. I create a micro sandwich with part of a jelly roll strip and set my stitch length to 3mm with my walking foot. I keep that next to my machine as a reference for what a 3mm stitch looks like. It also helps -- at least a first -- to try a larger design & to draw it out on my fabric (for practice sandwiches you can even just use a Sharpie -- I would do that & then keep pulling out my stitches so I could reuse the sandwich). It also helps to practice on a 1/2yd piece of fabric so I have something to hold onto & can do a wider stitch pattern.

Here's the best beginner tutorial I know of for stippling: http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...-wiggly-u.html
I like that Leah Day had her husband try to learn quilting that year & she posts all of his attempts. He is now pretty good in his own right, but here was his first attempt (note the itty bitty stitches):
http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...-u-shapes.html

You're doing great! Just keep practicing. As other have said, if you can slow down your machine speed with a dial/button/slider, do that. If you have an old machine like my 1970's Singer, I taped a tiny wedge of cardboard on the back of my foot pedal so I wasn't able to fully depress the pedal. I also quilt barefoot. The other thing that helped me control the pedal better was to create a fake pedal for my left foot -- also good ergonomics -- using a book & a doorstop. But it's all just a matter of practice & you're off to a great start!