I had to search for this link for a bit. It is a multi-page, FREE, downloadable booklet on Pokey Bolton's site that has some of the best FMQ tips I've read. Plus samples and samples to get you practicing and beefing up your skills.
You may need to enter your email address and set a password to get there, but here is the link (you do not have to be a subscriber to her monthly magazine to get this download):
Go to:
http://www.quiltingarts.com/media/p/...owcontent.aspx
One more thing. The absolutely best FMQ tip I ever got was to use some scrap fabric and run several rows of stitching about an inch apart. Just regular stitching, not FMQ. Prepare at least 15 or 20 rows of machine stitching.
THEN: Set up for FMQ and attempt to stitch about a 1/4" away from the machine-regulated row of stitching. Do it again, and again, and again until your stitches start looking more like those that the machine regulated.
If I've been away from FMQ for a while, I'll go through this exercise for a few minutes before just to get back in the groove.
You'll be surprising yourself before you know it!
~Jo