Originally Posted by running1
I need your expertise! I made a scrappy quilt for my DS and didn't want edge-to-edge quilting, and I can't really afford a custom quilting job right now. I recently took a machine quilting class and still need to do a lot of practice. I've been practicing my hand quilting and love it. In fact I'd decided I would hand quilt this top... but, now that I have it out, I remember how many seams it has... every 1.5 inches is a seam. The pattern is called "Whacky Rails" and I've had it for years. Will I get in trouble trying to quilt over all the seams? Should I try to do a more primitive quilting with large stitches (haven't tried that... will it hinder my small stitching?) Should I give up thinking about hand quilting this one and start practicing on my own machine quilting?
sigh... I guess I just want my quilting friends to weigh in on this one???
What a great scrappy quilt! I love it!
At my level of expertise, I would probably use some type of a serpentine stitch or small zig zag along seam lines for this. The hand quilting will be very slow because of the many seams, no matter what pattern of quilting you use. BTW, I don't do any FMQ, so that could not be one of my choices.
Good luck! Be sure to show us how it comes out!