I would like to make a quilt, and not knowing what all it entailed, just that the quilts I had seen were beautiful, I decided to jump in and try to teach myself, with a little help from my mom. So far I've just sewn things together, made 2 pillows for my children, attempted a pillowcase, but got lost in the terminology so although it is functional it was not very pretty. I plan to practice more on scraps keeping straight lines and lining up squares, but as for a first quilt I am lost as to what to do. I was also under the impression that for it to be a quilt you had to hand quilt the stitching on top. I have researched this some and know the basics of it, however I have no clue what you are supposed to hand stitch. One person was just doing circles in the corners or blocks and one person was talking about lines from the center to each outside edge. So any help for this beginner would be very much appreciated.