Originally Posted by Jan T
I think that black quilting on the white background will be very unforgiving. It's only going to look good if you are a very good quilter. The silver idea sounds chic as well as much friendlier to work with. I would just stitch in the ditch on the trees.
I agree wholeheartedly with this.
There is a pine tree quilt in the book Quilts! Quilts!! Quilts!! that is set very much like yours. They have a lovely scroll-work design quilted in the solid squares. For more inspiration try looking at these designs from the Stencil Company
http://quiltingstencils.com/blocks.aspx