Originally Posted by
Mitch
.............Is it the glue baste? I did a lot of FMQ (script, drawings, flowers) on a baby quilt and didn't have a single one of these problems. No more suggestions, I'll take prayers.
Thank you.
I've never done glue basting, but you could be on to something when you know you were doing just fine before glue basting entered your life! You know you CAN do the FMQing, so don't beat yourself up.
Make a sample to try FMQing without the glue baste and see what happens. Ideally, make it as identical as you can to your quilt, i.e. same fabrics, batting, similar block structure to get similar seams etc. It doesn't have to be huge. Rather than making it for the scrap bin, I like to make things that are usable. Eg. small table topper, runner, place mat, vase mat, etc. These give me a chance to get my system setup the way I like, as I get my own body in the flow of FMQing and try out the stitching pattern(s) I want to use.