I found stippling boring to do. It seems so monotonous to me. I did a few quilts that way, using a larger stipple. It takes forever for me to do a smaller stipple. I like doing swirls and loops better. I'm dying to try out feathers since I bought the Hooked on Feathers book...hopefully someday soon. I also like to draw a design on Sulky Solvy with washable markers and pin it to the quilt to quilt over it. Once it's done, you trim off the bulk of the extra and the rest washes away in the laundry. I did some pretty quilting that way on the quilt in my avatar.