I have that same book lizwhizcat! The only thing I'd add is imagine that the needle is a pencil and the quilt a piece of paper - you're drawing squiggly lines but your moving the paper instead of the pencil - if that makes sense! I also endorse the glass of wine idea! I did my first (and only so far!) FMQ on a One Block Wonder kaleidoscope - it's so busy you don't notice the (slightly!) different stitch lengths here and there! And I'd agree on the go faster thank you feel comfortable with - the BEST results were where I was rushing because DH called to say he'd be home in half an hour, and I wanted to finish before he got there!