Kwilt Krazy your doing some nice work! Wish mine looked that good. I've done some and even though they don't look so great I've enjoyed the process so I'll keep on with it & maybe someday I'll be proud of them!
I've had some pretty good luck with tracing patterns on exam table paper I got from a drs office. Then I lay the paper down with spray adhesive and stitch on the lines. I quess it feels a little like cheating but till I can do FM that looks decent I can count on these. I use the books "Quilting Dot to Dot by Cheryl Barnes and Machine Freehand Patterns by Nan Moore.