Yes, I would be machine quilting it. For my first quilt I did the diagonal through the blocks that's been mentioned. For my second one I stitched in the ditch of each square and then went back and sewed a parallel line on each side of the seam. I really liked the way that looked on the back. So that's the only two things I've tried. The lovely lady who will get it will love it no matter what - no question there - I was just trying to make the blocks look like ... blocks. It won't get much use because it is Christmas themed - brought out once a year, I'm thinking. But if the consensus is go through the diagonals I'm happy with that.