I would love to know more about quilting with a larger thread, too. At a quilt shop last summer I saw some girls quilting with crochet thread but didn't get a chance to talk to them about it(a tour bus group came in). Tha last quilt my Grandmaother made was quilted like this. Her others were all done with the traditional tiny stitches. Unfortunately none of us thought to ask her about it at the time.