I started FMQing when I started quilting. I have to admit the piecing was easier to learn than the FMQ. One day I realized I could doodle vines and simple flowers, a curly-q intersected with stars or circles or diamonds, I could write my name of course, so I just went with these things for FMQing designs. I have added a few other things to my quilting in the last year or so. Just remember, if you can do it on paper, you can do it with the machine.