I taught myself to fmq on my very first quilt with my Janome 6600, I wanted the project to be all mine! I made cutouts of leaves with freezer paper and sewed around them. I'm now on my 21st quilt and have done all but 2 myself. The first was a queen size that just plain intimidated me, so I sent it to my very fantastic LA Quilter and then I made a King for my bed and had her do that one as well. I've since purchased an HQ Sweet Sixteen and will soon be using that for the first time on a real quilt.