I didn't think that I'd ever get the hang of it either and was very intimidated by it (I was so concerned about keeping the stitches uniformed) Then I took a class from a great lady whose quilting is absolutely awesome. She took the fear out of it and told us smaller stitches were better and to manuever your fabric slower than what your machine is running and it'll come to anyone who practices. And after practicing on many, many potholders, I found I enjoy FMQ as enjoyable as making the quilt top...and I do it on my domestic sewing machine. Keep practicing.....you'll end up loving it!