thanks for the tip (for newbees) to use a printed back! i brought one of those preprinted white designs, aprox 30x30. got caught up in the buying frenzy of a show, i've never handquilted before. i had planned to use a running stitch, but it seems to me you'd get a lot of "blank" spaces. what is a nice and easy and neat looking stitch for a busy panel? also, what brand hand quilting thread and batting do you guys out there prefer? THANKS!!