:) Hi! Yes You really just have to get in there and give the freemotion quilting a real try, I started in the Fall and I LOVE IT, I should have tried before. But once I began I never wanted to stop, You can go forwards and backwards and sideways and makes swirls and loops or feathers ,stars,fireworks, anything goes , yes you will make mistakes but as you go along you do get better at it and come up with your own designs just like the Pioneer women did with there quilting,We too are Pioneers when beginning something new to us like the Free Motion Quilting. Go For It Girl!!!!! :D