Thank you all for your advice, everyone! My stitches seem better right now. So I changed the needle to a 100/16, then I raised my feed dogs (I'm FMQ here), but I dropped my stitch length down to 0. So far so good! I'm guessing its because I'm using some new batting that I found on sale at joanns.com... 10 yds for $14.00 and free shipping! I'm hoping its the new batting and not my machine! Thank you all for your advice, it did make me feel less like I was out on a stranded island☺