Just today I finished a baby quilt doing FMQ without a stitch regulator and it turned out just fine - I've done many by droping the feed dogs and away I go - first I start with a small quilt sandwich to practice the design on, and loosen up, then just dive in - I look at each quilt I do as more practice, and just keep telling myself I'm still learning. You Tube has lots of great instructional info and patterns to try! Just have fun!