Get this book: One Line at a Time by Charlotte Warr Andersen. She shows you how to do perfect designs to get with a walking foot. I prefer crosshatch (grid) quilting to the elaborate fancy quilting. I use the 4ft and 6 ft 2 1/2 wide straight edge (bought at Lowe's) to mark my lines. I use Crayola Ultra Clean fine line markers. I use the blue ones the most. I go criss cross, straight, diagonal, and big zig zag. I use spray basting and every inch of the quilt top and backing is stuck down. Not one inch to move out of place. I don't have tucks or wrinkles. I start in the center or at the corner and stitch on the line. I do all my quilts at home now using this method. No thread tails!