What sort of setup are you working with? Are you comfortable with FMQ? Do you want to experiment with more than STD? Domestic machine, mid-arm, or longarm?
So many answers, none of them wrong. Think about how you envision the end, and how you can get there.
I don't always reach the (envisioned) end game, but I learn so much on the way ;-)
Yeah, I know. Not helpful, but it's true.