Originally Posted by CAJAMK
I did some practicing on small quilted scraps to get the feel of free motion quilting. Now I am working on my first charity doing FMQ and it looks like a disaster! I could really use some help and tips. I just want to do swirls all over the little quilt and mine look like jagged circles. I lowered the tension to 3 and I dropped the feed dogs...Oh I don't know...I am just upset but I really want to do a nice job! Please help...tips anything...thanks
You don't really have to lower your tension. RELAX! Go slow if it intimidates you. Sometimes if you go too fast, your smooth loops get "jaggy" and pointed. Not sure what fabric you're working on, but for the future, if you can freemotion on a print, the quilting will show up less than plain, and as you get better (and you WILL) your designs will want to stand out!