The point that Carla made about doodling on paper first is an excellent one. I forgot to even mention that! When I teach machine quilting, I always make sure they practice drawing freehand designs all over large pieces of freezer paper to get the feeling of moving around without lifting their pencils off the paper. And it gets the concept of that type of movement from the brain into the hands and fingers which makes it easier to do after time. I doodled McTing on paper first before I ever got to the machine.
Carla, I never even considered turning my machine around. What an interesting concept. I'm going to have to try that now. Oddly enough, I'm more comfortable moving the quilt toward me or side to side than I am moving it away from me. Maybe that's because I'm a lefty. :lol: