Originally Posted by Harmony
Sounds like a good plan--start with the small stuff and work your way up. I always get bogged down when I get to the part where the stuff has to actually be quilted. Doing it by hand takes forever, and I just don't have the money to send everything out. My machine quilting skills are pretty limited, so they just sit there until I get motivated to do something about them (that's about one a year!)
Same issue. The way I solved it was to machine quilt 4 quilts in a short period of time. You definitely see improvement. And just remember, any "mistakes" you made, you meant to do it that way, you like the look, etc :D