As a quilter, I enjoy reading suggestions/tips that others share. Of course, usually trying out the suggestions. Yet, they do not always help me the way they help others. I think that is because we all use the same principal for quilting but we all end up using our own techniques. Therefore, there is no right way and really no wrong way. So in the case that you are describing above...go back and use only the one layer and quilt it the way you like it.