Long story: I've done it satisfactorily off and on for a several years, but it's been a long while since I've done any serious FMQ. I had a 12' frame up with a Janome 1600DPX on it, but had to dismantle it when my son moved back home, so he could have his space back. I have recently set the Janome 1600 on a table in another room and snugged thick styrofoam all around it (covered with a sheet of vinyl), so it is now ready for oiling and practice. I bought a book called, "Free-Motion Quilting Made Easy" by Eva A. Larkin, in which there are '186 designs from 8 simple shapes'. My goal is to learn to free motion quilt precisely; I want the stitches to be exactly the right length and where they should be, so I will feel confident that I won't make a mess when I sit at my machine to get some of my quilt-top backlog quilted. She (Eva) says it's quite possible on an ordinary machine to achieve this goal; practice is the key. We shall see! She has pictures of her work in the book and it is so fine!