Julie, you don't need quilting stitches but if you do applique, the buttonhole stitch is very good to have and i like the feather stitch and have begun to use it a lot. many are using the serpentine stitch to quilt whole quilts with..that one is very nice especially if length is adjustable. On any machine with hundreds of stitches, there's usually at most 6-8 that are nice to have (and that I do use) but definitely none of them necessary for quilting.