DonnaC

Gloves are helpful, but I do not like the Machingers - they make my hands too sweaty, and I have problems picking things up or doing anything else with them on. I prefer the Fons & Porter gloves, which are more like a cloth garden glove and less heavyweight than the Machingers. Actually, you can probably pick up a pair of garden gloves at the Dollar Tree and try those first (smile).

I have the smaller Supreme Slider but don't always use that either. Does your machine have an extension table? I have an acrylic extension table and just buff it with Turtle Wax. That makes the quilt move easier. Learned that trick in a FMQ class at a local quilt shop.

You really just need a decent machine with good tension and a free motion quilting foot, either metal or plastic. Everything else is "gravy"!