I finished this little quilt this morning. I did try several techinques that were new to me ( as suggested on this post), ended up taking a lot of quilting out. I will practice hearts, flowers and crosshatching on some dog blankets before I do them on a quilt again. I do need to expand/improve my skills. I ended up keeping it simple. My grandaughter is only 2 and will not notice my mistakes. Better done than perfect and ther are no quilt police in my family. I bought enough of these 8 1/2" embroidered blocks to make a quilt for each of my grandaughters, the next one will be better (I keep telling myself). Thanks again to all the gals for your help. Mary