Thanks for the reply, as this will be the only way I will know what I am going wrong, need to do, or watch for. This is my first attempt at a quilt using a rotary cutter, and a actual design (not just squares sewed in a row) at all. I think the worse thing for me..is learning all this on my complete own. My grandma use to quilt, but by the time I got old enough to work with her..her health (alzheimers) was setting in. My other major issue is my machine. It is constantly breaking my thread and bunching up under my blocks. When I bought it, it was intended for only hems and patches..so we only paid $75.00 for it 5 years or so ago. (not worth taking it in for repairs...cost more to repair then the machine did ha ha ha)