Originally Posted by QuiltingIdaho
If you have a good machine quilter- you can just have her/him quilt it down- but my preference is to machine appliqué them before quilting it.
I like to put a "blanket" stitch on the edge. But there is... a satin stitch or a zig zag too.
It is easier to do the appliqué prior to piecing it to your quilt top.
I think putting your little trees on the sides would be really cute. do one per block and add to your sides...does this make sense? You could even add another canoe or a few fish. Good Luck!
hard to see in picture but all but the trees are already appliqued with a couple different stitches,. the blanket being one of them... and I plan to rip the bottom tree panel off and put it on top so willapplique it then.. daughter thinks she would like it on top ( day and have another scene at bottom ( NIGHT) with stars and moon type thing.. sounds cool. I like the tree idea on sides too but have a lot of width to get she was thinking maybe some fling geese as well? it needs to be 39 plus 28 across + 67 across.