Ha, I solved my problem with trying to get a great seam on my higher end wide feed dog does fancy stitches and embroidery machine....by...wait for it...getting a lower end smaller 5mm narrower feed dog machine! Love it, no more fiddling trying to figure it out with the wide feeddog machine. And as a bonus, my smaller machine is easier to take to retreats and classes where I don't need all the features on my other machine. A straight stitch machine would work as well and that could also work for a free motion machine too. I still love my does everything machine but it is a pain for piecing. So, my smaller machine sits in my cabinet for piecing and the larger machine can go in the cabinet if needed but....it sits on top of the cabinet anyway when I am doing embroidery. Win, win.