Software like Electric Quilt Company is for designing quilts, it is not simple to use and you will need to take classes to learn it. If you are starting out in quilting, learn how to make quilts without the software - no reason to use it now and I think it will make you very frustrated. There are plenty of quilting magazines and books around to learn from, and I bet if you check with any quilters you know you will be given magazines. Quiltmaker magazines are excellent to learn from and they do give topstitching/quilting suggestions.