I went thru all the stitches on my machine for the first quilt I did. Picked the one that was wavy and made the "wave" as big as I could. I went north and south and then east and west about 3-4" apart. Suited me when I was done. It was on the yellow brick road qult. It was for my grand-dtr to take to college and at least I could say "I did it all".