Thanks for your input too. I'd love to see someone videotape their free-motion quilting on their 301.
I just learn better by seeing the technique and hearing someone's explanation and instruction, especially on a Vintage machine, it is a little different than the long arms that do a beautiful job.
The 301's remind me of the Little Engine that Could!
Since, it's my mom's machine and she was a wonderful seamstress but never quilted. I'd like to do a quilt thinking of how she'd have liked to see it sewn on her 301 on which she taught me to sew at 12. I wasn't always an appreciative pupil.