Good luck with any FMQ. I've tried practicing it on scrap fabric three or four times now. The last time I tried it I wound up bending a brand new needle. Without a machine that takes a stitch regulator I don't think that I will ever try it again. I made a practice square to see how my quilting sandwich would be and I used my walking foot with a slight zig-zag stitch and even doing something like hearts it turned out quite nicely.