I'm a self taught quilter from piecing to FMQ. I bought a book of 9" blocks to make into Pot Holders to learn everything from piecing to quilting. They were perfect learning size. Needless to say everyone at work got Pot Holders for Christmas that year :)

not sure what a darting attachment is or what you would use it for, but where freemotion quilting is concerned what you need most is a stack of practice (sandwiches) it takes lots of practice to get a flow. start small and work your way up to larger and larger.

You'll need a machine that you can drop the feed dogs on. There are ways around a machine that doesn't have that feature, but it's a lot easier if it does.

Is it just me or is it really funny that alcohol consumption is part of the technique? lol!!!

http://www.patsythompsondesigns.com/free-video/

I found these videos very helpful. I'm still bad at it, but I understand what I should be doing.

At some point you have to take a deep breath and just do it! and accept that your first attempts will not be perfect, but they will improve.

I think it's funny to! if it works it works ;)

I just got back from a Hyperquilting class at a quilt shop. It was great fun! I had looked at the Hyperquilting book before the class and at first glance I didn't think it had much info, but after taking the class I can see where each 'lesson' is really broken down into manageable steps.

:lol: My laptop is now wearing taco salad. :lol:

All of the above. Practice, practice, practice. also, my machine doesn't drop the feed dogs so I set the stitch length to zero so the feed dogs don't move and don't have a problem.