I am hand quilting a quilt that is very similar, I have of course, quilted 1/4 inch away from each seam, and in the middle of the star, I have quilted a small star, in the sashing, I quilted 1/2 inside of the 1/4 inch. In the middle of the large blocks, I quilted hearts, made a heart that would fit inside of each block, then drew a heart, 1/2 to 3/4 inch smaller inside of the big heart, down to about a 3 inch heart. Just a suggestion and how I did mine.