I have read all of the comments about the fear we all go through about the quilting part. My first class was making quilts the "way your grandmother made quilts" all by hand. I love hand piecing and hand quilting while watching TV. However it takes forever, I started making lap size quilts and that does help. When I bought my last Bernina, I got the BSR Bernina Stitch Regulator. Is is great but it is still FMQ and still takes practice to make loops and curves without little pointy things.
I have tried quilting a diagonal line on my machine from corner to corner and then following that line about and inch or so away in a grid pattern to cover the entire quilt. You can stop with that or then do the same thing in a vertical pattern. You then end of with a diamond pattern.