Free Motion Quilting - the good and the bad.

I am trying to learn to free motion quilt on my pinwheel quilt.  This is a challenging skill to master.  But practice makes perfect, so I am stitching (and ripping) and stitching some more.

This is a shot of an area on the back where things did not go so well! Loose loopy stitches are not a good thing - lol.  So the seam ripper will have it's day here.

Here's a pic of the top in an area where the stitches look smooth and neat.  Just what you want!  This gives me inspiration to keep going.

From what I read, it seems that every quilter and every machine have their own pecularities.  You have to find what works for you.  I set my machine on half speed, put the pedal all the way down, then I have a consistent machine speed and can focus on moving may hands evenly.  This has really helped me to keep those loops at bay.