I am still learning but with every time I try this again it gets better (not easier yet). I wonder why your practice FMQ always looks better than the real thing. I sew with music on and try to sew with the beat. I started making a new purse yesterday and for the first time put the quilting foot on and started a stipple pattern without messing it up too bad. Half the problem with getting started is to just do it! Pictures when the purse is done!