I like working in all directions but one. Try to always work side to side or towards yourself. If you try to work backwards, you cannot see where you are going and if you are quilting over the stitching. If you can only quilt going forward for now, then get good at that. Try to add side to side quilting as you advanced because this allows you to quilt whole sections without having to turn the quilt. It is easy to turn the quilt on a small sandwich if you can only quilt in one direction but if you get a whole quilt in the harp, you won't get able to turn it easily.