Buy a copy of Quilter's Academy, Vol 1 - Freshman Year by Harriet Hargrave & Carrie Hargrave ISBN # 978 1 57120 594 You can get it very reasonably priced at Amazon.com Start on page 1, follow the instructions (which are very easy to understand) and I promise you will become an expert quilter with skills in all aspects of making quilts. It is an awesome course. Very well written and very easy to follow. You will LOVE this book and what it will teach.