I do not drop my dog feeds but I do use the supreme slider, gene bobbin and the blue bobbin case, I find changing the needle to a quilting needle helps alot when FMQ'ing. Good luck hang in there. Oh...and when I used June taylor spray my thread would break alot...I switched to 505 spray and now it works really well. Oh and also make sure you pull the bottom thread up to the top of the quilt.