I know lots of us need pictures to visualise just what someone is saying. So here's two pictures of my fix for the metal plate that covers the bobbin and feed dogs, and also the foot pedal that I modified to only depress halfway down. I can now mash down the pedal, and not worry about speed and hand movement at the same time. The metal plate seems to be the problem as far as the free motion quilting goes. I guess the fabric was getting depressed into the holes, or something else I can't figure out, but the Teflon covering all those holes seems to be working to keep the quilt back lashing from happening. You still have to watch your hand speed, especially when going around curves, or changing direction.