I have tried some small pieces to see how it would look, on my first piece, I sewed the lines to far apart and it didn't look as nice as the one I sewed 1/2 inch apart and I found you don't have to sew insquares,look at the bag flap
on the brown purse , these patterns are some I have , you might be interested in.
I recently went to a round bobbin expo. and saw a lady with a beautiful jacket on that looked like she had used
"Texture Magic, I'm going to try and see if that will work and not be to stiff.