toogie

Yes, I am free motion quilting on my long arm, that has an eighteen inch throat space. I quilt sitting down, no frame, so I am moving my quilt , not the machine. I have no electronics, so nothing is programmed. You do the work, quilting just like I did before I got my longarm but the great thing is, with 18 inches, I have so much more throat space.
I just went yesterday to try out a lady from my sewing groups machine. It IS on a frame so you move the machine. I felt I didn’t have control with it because it moved so easily. My meander had square edges instead of rounded. I told my friend she has a nice long arm set up but my husband could hang onto his money. -lol I am sure with practice I would get better and it WAS so easy loading the quilt. Better than me pinning it all like I do. Also I don’t know how you avoid having a straight line of space or design showing when you stop each time to roll.
So to conclude, I will keep quilting the way I do, which is meander or grid on my bed quilts, until I am no longer able. No bells and whistles but I like my machine.