I did my first FMQ attempt last night and it was disastrous! So, I understand totally. After about an hour of playing with it today I discovered, that with my machine at least, the best settings for stitch length and tension are the same as if I'm piecing. With that discovery, I made a small (about 8x8in) sandwich, spray basted it, and took it to the machine. I just started moving the fabric around... and my next discovery --- that I shouldn't go too slow or too fast... had to find the right "speed" and that's what I'm going to continue practicing. I'm not trying to create a "design" and I don't care about crossing lines, I'm just moving the sandwich around and trying to work on how the stitches look. IF, and I do mean IF, I can ever master that, I'll try to control the direction of my stitching and hopefully will end up with something quilt worthy! Anyway, just know you are certainly NOT alone!