I have a sweet 16 and love it and it is very similar to your machine. It takes a lot of practice. I used up a lot of scraps which I later cut up and and put in old pillow cases and made cat beds. I like to free hand draw my templates on card stock and pin them on the quilt and sew around them. I usually make four or five and pin them on and then sew around each one and sew on the next one. Then I stop and move the templates. It works good for me and makes for unique quilting. Have fun!