My personal journey started with my walking foot and straight lines till I got really bored and started looking at other quilts then decided to challenge myself. Next came stippling. I knew the basic principle I had hand stipples a piece once. Never again by hand. So finally I figured if it can be done by hand or long arm I can do it too. So my response is if a person wants to they can it just takes practice practice practice. Granted most of my work is wall hanging size a few cuddle quilts but nothing really big due to my machine limitations. Also if you can follow a line you should be able to do at least some fmq. So much for my hmo.