Welcome to this board. First of all, this quilt technique is called free motion quilting. It can be done on a domestic sewing machine or larger machine set on a frame called long arm. On my Bernina, I normally chose a continuous stencil such as this one:
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If the fabric is darker, I will use powder chalk to mark the stencil on the quilt top. I would then start at the top loop and continue quilting moving the quilt as I go following the line until I reach the end of the stencil. It takes practice to learn FMQ. You may check at your local Quilt shops to see if they offer any classes.