Candice, I tried using my embroidery machine today to do the quilting designs. I followed your directions and it worked really well. I can see it will take a few times to get used to hooping the three layers. I took my machine and placed it on my table and found out that that worked really well, as there is not so much pull on the fabric then, as the excess lays on the table and doesn't pull. I am so impressed with the designs, certainly adds a lot to a quilt. Thanks so much to you and everyone else for all of their advice; I really do appreciate it and have learned alot from this site. Thanks and Happy Quilting!