I sit as if I'm piecing--never thought to try another angle--hmmm? maybe give that a try. I have a Bernina but no stitch regulator. Sometimes I do fine when I'm in a nice even rhythm. I too am artistically challenged! But find I can write cursively on a quilt--especially like to "write" on baby quilts--ie nursery rhymes or some silly verse. At this point I've only stippled big quilts, SID, or double needled diagonally through the quilt (with feed dogs up). Big quilts can get bulky uner the throat plate and not easy to maneuver. I'd love to be able to have a big MQ machine because of that.