Hi Sister golden hair. Welcome to the board. You may also wish to see if your local library has Harriett Hargrave's book "Heirloom Machine quilting" or a book by Diane Gaudynski titled "Guide to Machine Quilting". Both books offer tons of great tips and ideas for FMQ including input on types of thread, needles, easy practice things to do to start, how to pin baste your sandwich together and loads more. I learned a lot from both and bought both used on Amazon for really cheap. I referred to them a lot.