I stipple on the long arm even, with a panto cause that is the only thing I can do. I would love to be able to stipple my baby quilts, but unless I have a stipple pattern to follow I just can't do it. I start out OK, but soon I am wondering where I am going to go next. It is just one of those things that I can't do. I have a friend who free hand micro stipples a lot of her quilts on her sewing machine. I can meander, and still lose my place sometimes, but I can not free hand stipple.