Quiltinelaine

I am a newbie to this board - but actually I have been a quilter for a long time. Just never been on the web:: I am learning sooo much from listening to all of the comments on this site: All of my quilts r done with straight stitching and I have practiced the free motion stitching and come up with a good piece on practice but the real thing is a "Rip Out". I think I go tooo slooow when I'm doing it for real:::Does this make sense???