gale

My quilt looks like this. The heavy black lines show where I've quilted it so far. The largest areas unquilted, which are the squares that have 3 strips, are 6" square. Is that enough? I didn't really want to do every 2" across the whole thing but if I go with diagonals there will be areas where it's very close together (the corner areas). The batting is warm & natural which says you can go 10" so I know in that regard it's enough. Just not sure if a 6" square unquilted area will cause problems later. eta: I don't free motion and I prefer to keep the quilting ends at the edges of the quilt so I don't have to worry about burying ends or fiddling with stitch lengths. I'm using a serpentine stitch to quilt.
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GingerK

I think it looks lovely. Personally, I would not do any more. Very nice pattern!

Prism99

That is enough quilting for warm and natural. Looks great!

Edit: The diagonal of a 6" square is about 8.5" which is still less than the 10" distance required by the batting. So you are okay.

faykilgore

Would it distract from the quilt if you "tied" the middle of each 6" block? I don't do heavy quilting, but 6 " seems like a lot of open space. Just MHO.

QuiltnNan

i think you've done plenty and it looks good without the squares quilted in the middle

Dina

I use Warm and Natural and have left areas that large unquilted. I have had no problems when I washed the quilts or any time. I would say you are fine! Looks great, actually!

Dina

PenniF

I've used that batting for many years - and with up to 8 inches space between quilt lines i have never once had a problem. Some of the quilts are at least 10 years old and have had a fair number of washings.

DogHouseMom

I think it looks fine, and your'e within the batting requirement. However ... if you are concerned and do not want to FMQ ... how about putting an X in the 3 rail blocks.

gale

The only problem with putting the x is that if I don't want to start seams in the middle of quilt I'll end up with some really close together in the parts where there are 2" squares. This quilt will probably be gifted at some point.

Terri D.

If you're concerned, it wouldn't hurt to quilt in the ditch between the three strips in the 6" blocks. This should lessen the chance that that portion of the top will separate from the batting over time.