Originally Posted by kwhite
Ok I know there will be a ton more questions but here goes another. Do you lay in the big design elements and then go back and fill in with the cross hatching or whatever fill in you are going to do?
Yes. After finishing the center design I mark the border patterns first and fill in the background in the spare areas. The quilting I do from the center to the edges - that means for the first quarter I start quilting the background and go down the edges.
I found out that the fabric stays flat and won't get so bumpy when I quilt cross hatching in a zig-zag!