I hear you! When I first started quilting in earnest, I did not know what I was doing. I FMQ'd several, and was able to do quite a bit of free motion quilting without thinking. I did sky scapes in clouds, and trees, and mountains, and lake ripples, and loved the outcomes. I then switched to SITD, echo, cross hatch, angles, rays, etc. I really like the looks I can get. When I tried to go back to FMQ and meandering I find it's just too hard to wrestle the guilt and achieve what I want. I still get good results with my lines. Also, I have never had success using a walking foot! I use my general foot. I think since I started using it, I got used to doing it that way.