Hinterland, that sounds wonderful... but I must say I have tried so many times to quilt in different directions with different thimbles and methods and my stiches were not so even I like to have them. Therefore I better quilt just in one direction - towards my body - and I have what I want. I need to turn my quilting hoop and I quilt every day in the year. Fortunately we don't have so many days in summer with big heat...