thanks all! to answer a few of the questions: yes, I did use batting--actually I pieced some large pieces I had from quilts I did for others, but all were 80/20 of a couple of different brands. The two quilts for the DIL (Egyptian motif) and DD (the Colorworks fractured panel with the Colorworks blocks panel cut and added to each end) are from panels with added borders. The other two were from Annie's Quilting It Takes Three(quilt tops from 3 yds of fabric). The dark red, old gold, black and light is the pattern "Slightly Ashew"by Lyn Brown--I enlarged it by adding another row across; the blue/green/print is also from that book,"How Does Your Garden Grow" by Julie Weaver--also enlarged but not to the twin size. I'm a bit of a Scrooge when it comes to buying patterns or pattern books, but this book was well worth it 8 patterns--since I've used 2 figure I got my $$ worth!