I don't mean to rain on your party, but I wouldn't tackle a queen size until I had a fair amount of experience. I'd also want to have a burning desire to make a particular pattern, because that's going to be a very big investment of time, and a fair amount of money. I'd hate to get halfway into it and decide it's not really what I had in mind. A queen size will cost quite a bit to have quilted, and machine quilting it yourself will involve a huge amount of wrestling.

So now that I've shared these not-so-encouraging thoughts, i'd suggest trying a large lap size quilt as a dry run. If you love it, then use it at the foot of the bedsize you make afterwards. If you're not so crazy about it, you can give it as a gift or donate it.

In the meantime, look through all the quilts and patterns at www.etsy.com and through the jellyroll and layercake books locally or on Amazon to get a feel for the kind of pattern that works best with those cuts.

Or you can take all of this with a grain of salt because I started quilting about 8 years ago and STILL haven't tackled a bed size quilt. Might have something to do with being ADHD.........