GEMRN and Tartan! Thank you for responding to my post. Just to let you know, I did change feet and that helped greatly but my machine was still skipping once in a while. After several inches of stopping, tying and restarting, I finally put a 100/16 needle in and viola that was the main problem. I don't like using that large a needle for FMQ, however, this quilt is quite bright and the holes are not a problem. Thank you again for trying to help me. I so appreciate it! Yolanda