I recently watched a Leah Day FMQ tutorial on Craftsy where she stated shhe keeps her feed dogs up as it gives her better control. I've been doing FMQ for awhile (just stippling and loops, nothing fancy or well structured) and decided to give her method a shot. It was disastrous. I kept trying to speed up the needle or slow down my hands, or adjust the tension. The results were the same: lots and lots of eyelashes on the back. In fact, my most recent attempt was so bad I had to rip out all the quilting! Once I had it all ripped out, I decided to drop the dogs. Problem solved.

Has anyone else encountered this? Just curious what works best for you.