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Originally Posted by vlok

I am free motion quilting or trying. Feed dogs are down. I will try a longer stitch. It has been awhile since I used the FAB U Motion but will try it and see if there is a diff. I have a baby quilt I would like to quilt by April. I was hoping if I practice daily for a hour might help. If not then I will tie the quilt off. I could hand quilt humm, yep I might just go ahead and do that.
Work weekends, so will have to wait until Monday.

I am not sure, but I believe that when you FMQ you set your stitch length to 0. Since your feed dogs are down, I don't think the stitch length thingy has any effect. However, on my Juki stitch regulator, you can adjust that...not sure, but good luck.

welcome Vicky and Connie,,,, this is a great group, you will enjoy it Im sure

If you're free-motion quilting with the feed dogs down, changing the stitch length won't help at all. The length of the stitch is determined by how fast you're needle is going up and down and how quickly you're moving the fabric sandwich. If your stitches seem to be too small, you should either slow down the machine speed or increase the tempo at which you're moving the fabric (or a little of both!).