Hi dhsewalittle, Thank you for your response! I wasn't sure if I should post my question directly to Jennifer 23 or not as this post was a while back. But thank you for responding in great detail. I'm going to print these out to follow when I get to the actual quilting part. Also wanted to say thank you to everyone on this board. I really appreciate all of your positive encouragement and advice for a newbie like me. I can't believe that I am already thinking of my next quilt before this one is even done! I'll be sure to post a picture when I'm done.