Thank you both for the info on the thread; I think that is a smart thing to do. Sharon, I'm a little scared to try circles--I've never done any FMQ at all!!! And QuiltnLady, this is probably going to sound real dumb to you--you said probably echo 1/4 from the seam? That means from where the squares start, right? Ok; never mind that was dumb. Did you just mean one line 1*4 from seam, or several or ?