Some great advice! I can do FMQ on "practice sandwiches" & they look beautiful but when I get a whole quilt under the machine, I have trouble bec the quilt comes alive & wants to move when I don't want it to move! Then I get a strange looking stitch!? I have tried all sorts of things to stop this but still have trouble once in awhile. One thing I read from the 'pros' is that you need to do practice EVERY time you are going to do FMQ! Just bec you get it good once, the next time you do it, it could be like starting all over again! sounds discouraging but it's not, you just keep getting better! Have fun with it! If it doesn't turn out the way you want it, change it so it all looks alike! Then it looks like you planned it that way! haha!