You say you're a newbie. Generally speaking, you can use a longarm quilter, hand quilt, free motion quilting or a walking foot. The free motion quilting allows you to make intricate designs. Feathers come to mind. You can buy templates at a JoAnns' fabric store. You can then use it to mark your quilt, using some kind of powder to make the marks. There are downsides with that, too, but have only read about them.
Free motion quilting is not a breeze to learn. It takes a lot of practice. It may be the only way you can meet your expectations, though. It takes a special foot that may or may not be included with your sewing machine. (Note that on all the youtube videos, they are using small samples.)
Jacquie Gering does quilts using a walking foot, which might be easier. She has several youtube videos. It doesn't take a whole lot of practice to produce to make a decent quilt. The down side to that is you have to do mostly straight lines.
All I am saying is to try these things out on a small scale to see which will work for you. Don't take off on your quilt without some practice.
Good luck.
bkay