I must admit I am a Lurker! Being so new to quilting I am learning so much from this board so maybe in the future I can add a bit of beneficial advice like so many of you are doing now. One thing I learned in quilting my first and only small quilt...the use of straight pins definitely doesn't work when pinning it together! I had pin pricks all over my arms so made a special trip to the quilt store to buy the curved safety pins!