I love FMQ on my NX2000 DSM. This past year I've been trying hard to get better & better. I study beautiful quilting I find on the web, & try to emulate the parts I like. I watch free tutorials a lot to perfect my techniques. My favorite go-to books are: Dot to Dot, 501 Quilting Motifs by Quiltmakers, Shape by Shape with Angela Walters versions 1 & 2. There's a new one coming out on the 15th that I want to add to my arsenal too. It's called "Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3 by Lori Kennedy with 61 designs & is spiral bound for ease of use. It's on Amazon for pre-order already & you can check out the teasers on what's in it there. I hope this helps. My personal advice would be to make some small projects & just jump in with both feet!! Once you start, it's so much fun you won't want to stop! LOL!! At least that's been my experience! Best of luck!!