bearisgray, Unfortunately I cannot hand sew. I do not have the flexibility in my right hand anymore. I cannot even make my finger tips touch the palm of that hand. One reason why I want to try machine quilting. It allows me to basically just use my finger tips.
Thanks for the tip on markers. I was totally in the dark how to do this. I will look for chalk pencils, if I can find something I think I can use.
Sewingpup, I forgot about their tutorials at Superior Threads. I'll try to take a few hours and try to go through it all, if my brain can handle all that information in one sitting. I thought about getting a thread colour set, but that is pretty expensive, so I will go with the two colours you mentioned to get started.