lots of basting pins.
roll your quilt in towards the center from both sides.
so you are working with just about 12" at the most.
do that 12" the length of the quilt.
WEAR QUILTING GLOVES.
if you can, flip the quilt over your shoulder.
YOU NEED A QUILTING FLAT SERVICE AROUND YOUR MACHING of at least 2' to the left of your machine, and a ft behind your machine. if i forget to put my quilting table up around my machine, forget it. it just doesn't seem to work.
GO SLOW.
STRAIGHT LINE quilting was my lst learning way.
Be sure and clean your machine and the bobbin area out before you start.
follow the directions that came with your machine for quilting. stitch length. stitch selection. foot, feed dogs up or down, etc.
practice on like baby quilts lst.
if i can do it. you can.