Been there, done that! I have had my machine for a couple of years, and still struggle with free motion quilting. I do work full time and do not have much time to quilt! Someone suggested on this forum to buy the cheap Walmart sheets for $5.00 and use those for practice quilts. Good idea and good price. I also think that there is a certain style of quilting that we are good at, and others that we don't do so well. I am not much good at FMQ but I can do quite well using rulers. I feel wobbly without anything to steady my machine. Of course, more practice would help that too. But hang in there, and don't give up.