Originally Posted by Fancy Nancy

i am relatively new to fmq. do it all on my little singer machine. i always think i am doing pretty good until i see all the quilts that are posted with such intricate quilting designs - tiny flowers, tiny little swirly things etc - all done so perfectly. are all these done on regular machines or on longarms? is there a program that does these or do all of you that do them have super steady hands and awesome eye/hand coordination? i have even tried fmq small flowers but they end up all wonky. just curious how long it takes to master this and if it can be done on a regular machine or do you need a longarm to do it? all my quilts seem so amaturish (sp) compared to what is posted on this site.