Thank you all for your warm welcome! I will be sure and look at everything you suggested - I am ordering the book & DVD this weekend (my Mothers Day gift fr hubby lol) and will sit down and look it all over very carefully before I begin. I'm not afraid to try new things so I am excited for the challenge ahead. I'm sure I will be pm'ing with lots of questions. In the mean time I will practice applique (I can do this, I can do this) - thank you again for your support and all of your beautiful work that inspires me to try. XO!!