I Think I'm Better at Hand Quilting
 

I did a fair amount of meander lines in the bowl part of my little fish bowl wall hanging. It did not turn out as I had expected. So......guess what I will be doing after supper? Oh, well. Live and learn. I wish I could afford a mid-arm.

Maybe try some wavy lines and couple bubbles. Don't know how big your fish bowl is but would be nice to see photo.

Oh my goodness. I put this in the wrong section. It should be in main. Tessagin, there is a picture under the title Fish Bowl Wall Hanging. It is before the machine quilting, however.

try, try again.show us what you did/

This is what I am in the process of taking out right now. I may end up falling back on my strength, which is echo quilting around the bowl, and leave it at that.

Join Tartan she's undoing quilting as well.

I am probably better at hand quilting also, but it just takes forever. Everyone assures me that with practice it's doable, so when I finish my current quilt, I'm going to really make an effort to work at FMQ.

Ha, you have company in seam ripping season. After much practice, I thought I would have a go at a "waiting to be quilted" sandwich. What looked pretty good on my practice piece, did not on the real thing. Wish I would have practiced on the real thing. I don't know why I kept at it so long! 2 lessons learned!

If I might suggest, try drawing some lines for the look of water before you start your quilting. When you have the design you like, then use some white chalk to mark your lines on your quilt. I find it easier that way. You might try making your lines half the length. When I am not sure how to quilt something, I go look at Google images. The only error I saw was when you stitched thru the grass applique. Don't be so hard on yourself. We all continue to learn from our mistakes. :)

I prefer hand quilting too. I see no value in fast.