I am not skilled at FMQ and as stated in my previous post, I find it stressful rather than fun. I did give it a good try. I made a modern quilt out of jelly rolls, and quilted each strip with a different 'easy' FMQ pattern. I don't buy pre-cuts, and didn't know what to do with the gifted batik jelly roll, so the quilt was a bit of an experiment from the beginning. It was a large lap quilt size, so a decent amount of quilting space.
I totally get it that to be better at FMQ you have to practice, but making a quilt is a lot of work, expensive, and a labor of love. I can't stand to 'practice' on a quilt. I have made smaller sandwiches to practice on, but I don't think it gives you the real experience of a whole quilt. So how do you really get more practice if you aren't willing to 'sacrifice' a quilt? I don't think I have the patience to make a quilt out of muslin just to practice on. Maybe if I enjoyed FMQ, and was truly committed to getting better I would try something like that.