I think a lot depends on the frame and carriage you have. Mine is a wooden Gracie frame. I would never buy that frame again. My carriage does not glide along smoothly, so all I do is FMQ. I tried a Tin Lizzie on a much better frame at the Texas State Fair last week. I could be a great LongArmer on that machine. It was so much easier to glide that machine and do small detail work. I have a Queen Quilter 18 machine which is pretty good, but the frame is not.