Please enjoy your long arm machine at whatever level you feel comfortable. We often see quilt pictures on the board that employ pantographs and are beautiful and we all comment on their design. There are so many designs to choose from. I like them very much. I am taking lessons to learn to use a long arm and certainly will employ them. I do most of my quilting on DSM and use stencil designs because they are lovely-I am not artistic with a pencil so I am not artistic with a sewing machine needle either. I admire you for using your machine to do work for charity and you should not be criticized for what you do. Keep on doing it your way!