As you have read from everyone, you need to practice a lot and then it really becomes fun to FMQ an entire quilt. One thing that I have learned is that once I get what I call fairly good, it all leaves me if I don't use the FMQ for a couple of days. So when it has been a while I still practice before I start another project. Believe me it is worth a few minutes before you start again. I have tried to just sit down and start quilting and end up ripping it out because I am not happy with the way it looks.