I go to quilting classes at the local adult school. The teacher gave us sheets of paper with different designs. She told us to use an old needle and sew over the papers to practice (no thread). It's kind of hard to move the paper around. You're supposed to hold your fingers spread out over the paper as if it is fabric but you have to pick the paper up between your fingers to get it going. Then after practicing a couple of weeks we copied the designs on fabric then made a fabric sandwich. We used different colored thread for the bobbin and top thread so we could see our stitches. I'm still practicing but still doing stich in the ditch. One of these days .....