My fabulous Mentor, who is arguably the queen of longarming in her area (She's also a dealer), says that she never does freehand other than stippling. Ever. For any reason. She only does pantographs, stencils, or stippling & SID. She's been doing this for years, has a waitlist as long as my arm, and everybody's thrilled. I've already started working on freehand stuff from the front of the machine, because I really enjoy it. Don't beat yourself up if it's not something you're comfortable with - you can be successful without ever being comfortable with it. I promise you - it'll be fine. Don't sweat this
