Agree with Jingle. Also, I learned to FMQ on a dinky mechanical Brother machine from Costco. It was definitely doable. You are only quilting what's under the needle so there is a lot of rearranging. I tried rolling which was not easy, and then I learned to puddle which is better. I finally upgraded to a Brother PQ1500 which isn't all that expensive in the scheme of things. I recently did a queen sized which was not hard. I started in the middle and rotated the quilt clockwise and there kept getting less and less under the arm of the machine. Also on the dinky machine I always started in the middle and worked out and then it got easier as I progressed.