Thanks for the encouragement. I haven't been able to do any free motion in a good while (life gets in the way). And, like you, I felt like "practice" wasn't getting me where I wanted to be when I was trying to free motion. I've been looking at a lot of table runner patterns lately and some have such beautiful free motion. Of course, those are the patterns that caught my eye the most. I have several twin sheets I don't use any more and plenty of large scraps of batting. Now I just need to make time each week to work on my free motion. I just may start on that today.