Originally Posted by dunster
If you decide to machine quilt, I would first stabilize the quilt by quilting in the ditches where the blocks are sewn together. Then you can remove the pins and you will be able to do any other quilting that you want to do, such as the hearts.
I love this idea! I'll have to step back from the whole thing and make a plan of action before I start. I can hand stitch all the hearts afterward. Maybe I'll even hand stitch them with a different color thread. Red, maybe? The quilt pattern was created for Susan Mallery's series of Fool's Gold romances. (I work for Susan.) The Fool's Gold logo has a red heart in it. Maybe I'll use red thread to hand stitch the hearts afterward.
I'm getting excited about this!