I'm not sure that describing it as doing a panto from the front is very accurate as you can only do a small area when working with the laser light on the front. I will sometimes take a single design drawing and either pin to the quilt or use the clear acrylic DeLoa Jones table on the frame and make the one design. Then you have to move everything and repeat or change to new design. I only do it when I' wanting an involved motif since it's a tedious way to do a quilt--if I want a repeating design I will just FMQ from the front (I rarely do pantos)