mcpn_husker

I am a long-time Adobe Illustrator user. I would like to design quilting patterns and pantos in Illustrator and export them to something Quilt Path can import. Any pitfalls in the Illustrator phase I should avoid? What file formats do I need to use? Is there intermediary software that I need to convert in between? To start, I'll be using a rented longarm with Quilt Path so I need to maximize what I can do before I'm on-site. Thank you!