Update:
Fixed my machine (with a HAMMER, for goodness sake-- the sewing machine equivalent of kicking the TV!)
So I can now lower my feed dogs, and WHOAH!!! The person who said that it takes awhile to learn FMQ is right!!! I had no idea how tricky it would be. So THAT's not going to happen with THIS quilt.
I then tried "FMQ" with the feed dogs up in normal position. I can make this work on a small piece of fabric, but not sure I cane make it work on the lapsize quilt. Gotta move the fabric around so much!
A number of you have lked the idea of a lattice design.
Could someone point me to a template, or example of a trellis design for the quilting? Thanks.
-- Jillaine