Nanny's dollface

Ok, I jumped on the band wagon and made two fabric boxes. The very first one was made for Halloween and came out pretty good with straight line quilting. Then I thought, I could make some for Christmas gifts and fill the boxes with cookies or candy and would try my hand at FMQ. Bad idea as you can see for yourselves- eyelashes.
i think this has something to do with the tension as well as the operator. Lol
i have my tension set at 4.5 on my Horizon 12000. Anyone have this machine who knows what I should do? All suggestions welcomed.