Thank you, I do want the quilting to show, because I want to see all the mistakes so that I can improve as I go along but I also want it to look kinda good too. Variegated thread is a great idea. Using fine thread do you mean something like bottom line in both the top and bottom? I will not be using any sashing and one idea is to use a different quilting pattern (free hand) in each colored square or just do a meander all over but that will not give me any practice except with meander which I have done several times so am trying to stay away from doing that.