I have used my Babylock QUEST for quilting a double sized quilt free motion with no problem. I took it into the dealer and she showed me a START\STOP button I never noticed before. lol. It is located right next to the tension knob. I disengage the foot pedal and push the button to start and stop the machine so I don't have to coordinate the foot pedal with the free motion quilting. I use the start stop button. Took me forever to find and use this button. Good luck and happy quilting.