Thank you all for your wonderful ideas it looks like it's going to take me a while to try out all the advice you've been so kind to give me. The quilt is for my unmarried son, I asked his favorite color & to my shock it wasn't red but "Crimson" lol. Thanks too for the compliments they mean a lot to a newbie and I'm so excited I made it on The Quilting Board! I will post pictures when I finally decide what to do, in the mean time I have started cutting out a lap quilt kit for my DH, I won't be doing anymore "kits" until I am more confident in my cutting skills, after a couple of wrong measurement cuttings I was lucky there was enough fabric that I was able to get the right amount of cuts whew.