Originally Posted by
sewbizgirl
Hold it on the left side as it goes through. There are tons of sewing videos on YouTube. Watch a few of them and observe how they move the fabric with their hands.
As for slanted stitches, it sounds most likely to be a tension balancing problem. Work with both the top and bottom tension tighter and see if that doesn't help straighten your stitches.
I will look at my machine's manual and see how I can do that. Thank you I'm going to give this a try.