Originally Posted by karenthompson
Hi! I am hoping someone can help me with a machine quilting question I have. I've never machine quilted before. I want to do a free-hand quilt swirly pattern on about 70% of my quilt. Do I need to both stitch in the ditch and free-hand machine quilt, or only do the free-hand quilting? Thanks in advance!
just make sure that the quilting in the rest of your piece balances out with the swirls. if you leave too much area with not quilting, it will bunch or stick out later.