Hi Robyn

OK not sure if this will help but I came across a tutorial that might help with what you are trying could be wrong but here is the link and hope it does help with what you are trying to do.

UV Unfolding, Unstretching & More in Blender

Good Luck

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Subject: UV-map newbie question: overlapping mesh areas