Hi Danna and welcome to the board I know you will like it here. As for you qustion on quilt as you go Patrice just posted these on another thread so I'm copying here for you.
Method 1:
stitch the blocks together in rows.
sandwich the backing, batting and top for the first row
leave at least two or three inches of extra back and batting at the sides and top, but trim the batting so it's just a leeeetle bit more than a 1/4" short of the bottom edge of the backing in and top.
quilt that sucker right up to the edges if you want.
lay down the batting for the next row
put the backing right-side up on top
next, put the quilted row on top - front facing up
then put down the next row of the top - face down - just as you would do if you were only assembling the top.
match your seams, pin into place
sew your quarter inch seam through all the layers
when you flip the back and front, you'll have the three layers in proper order.
quilt that sucker right to the edges, too
repeat this process until you've done all the rows.
if you pieced the border, too, the only thing left to do is the binding.
if you haven't added the borders yet, do so now. use the same method you used for the rows.
c'est voila!!!! all quilted and no hand stitching needed to close or cover any of the seams.
bind that puppy and show it off to the world.
Hope this helps you Ceanna