GailG

Welcome to the board, Nell. I don't know if this will work for you, but this is what I did. I wanted to make a memory quilt for my grandson's graduation quilt using the sports theme. I made a complete quilt top using the rail fence pattern. Since he was going into the military, I used the RWB theme, but tweeked it a little. I used Maroon, navy and cream. After the whole quilt top was assembled, sandwiched, and machine quilted (in the ditch), I made blocks with his sports pictures of him in his different sports uniforms (had pictures printed on fabric at the print shop). Also made baseballs, footballs, track shoes as appliques. Then I arranged all of these in a pleasing arrangement over the quilt. I hand appliqued these to the quilt. I figured if he got tired of the sports theme, or , if the printing didn't hold up in the wash, the appliques could be removed. Well, the whole quilt has held up well in the wash.

Marvel

Welcome Nell. I think that you will enjoy the tuteorials on here as well as the other sites. One thing that helped me starting out was visit your local library and check on the quilting books. Also google Edward R. Hamilton bookseller and request a free catalog of real inexpensive quilt books. You can see them online. Great way to keep the info at hand.

WisWis

Welcome from Scotland.

ksea

Hello, and welcome from Michigan! Post pics of what you have and someone will have ideas for you.