You don't have to mark your quilt top for cross hatching or put masking tape down dozens of times ....only once. Most machines have a "bar" that fits into the presser foot holder. Put masking tape down once at the angle you want on your quilt top. Or you can draw one faint line on the top. Use the "quilting bar" to guage where your next line will be with the bar on your first line of stitching.