were you using a walking foot on it? Did you start in the middle of your quilt? How much pinning did you do. When I pin I pin the about the width of my hand balled up. I hate it but the more you pin the better off you will be. I have a king size right now im doing in 3 sections. I don't feel comfortably enough to free motion so even though I have it in sections that quilt is everywhere. But I will tell you I have been quilting forever and have learned that the slower I go and not get in a hurry the better it looks and comes out. What stitch length did you use? when quilting I use either 3.0 or 3.5