are you near a local quilt shop where they can direct you to a long armer who can give you a couple lessons. Your problem may just familiarizing yourself with "a' machine. Or you could take a photo of the top and print it on grid and plain paper. Put it into a 3 ring binder (plastic) sleeve. Use a washable marker and play with it. Maybe some cross hatching lines here or there. The grid paper would help or if you have electronic (EQ) software. That may help also. I say grid (1/4") paper so you can scale each square how you want.