Originally Posted by colwoods
Hand quilting would be appropriate for that era but if you cannot do that there are LA patterns such as "Baptist Fan" that would be appropriate to that era. The next question would be - have you or will you wash it when quilted?
I have not washed it, and I don't think I'd better until it's quilted because that would be a lot of stress on the seams. It has quite a bit of both light and dark in it, so when the time comes to wash the finished quilt I'd use lots of color catchers and hold my breath until it was safely on a bed.
I may never do anything with it. It looks nice displayed as it is. Sometimes I consider the possibility.