Oh don't cry! I am new at FMQ and I don't think I could do it w/out Machinger's gloves (not sure how they did it in the Little House on the Prairie days!) and I started out doing stippling. I can do that all day long, big and small all over the place. I can do hearts and I'm trying to learn stars but I'm pretty inconsistent with those. So maybe try stipppling for starters until you get the motion down. It gets really addicting. I know I need to move on but I'm kinda scared. :) Good luck and Happy New Year!