I did try something different with my last king FMQ. I taped masking tape over the midde of the quilt/ Went to the center, quilted to one side back and over to the other side and back and forth. Did a bigger loose-- design it went really fast. Was worried when I turned quilt around that the second half would not match the first half so like izy I kept repeating to myself-- big swirls, squares and pointed tips, by gosh if it didn't work. I did hang a paper pattern on the wall that I had done before, mostly my eyes were on the quilt top. The hardest quilts are the first two.