I'm not sure why you would want to handquilt this great scrappy top. I don't think that your beautiful quilting stitches will show to their full advantage. I'd just machine quilt this one, stitch in the ditch or a random meander and call it done! If a quilter goes to all the trouble to handquilt something, I'd like it to really show the time and effort that has gone into it. In my opinion a bright colourful scrappy quilt doesn't warrant this special treatment.