Learning to quilt is not just about learning patterns: you also need to learn the movement of quilting. FMM30 uses large-body motions and tracing with the Master Trainer and Tracing Sheets -- before you go to the sewing machine -- to teach you patterns AND the movement to quilt them. Then, when you go to the sewing machine you can quilt because you already learned what to do BEFORE you got there!
The Master Trainer also functions as a measuring ruler, a cutting ruler for joining strips when you assemble your practice blocks into a quilt, and a machine quilting ruler (ruler work is introduced as a bonus at the end of the book).