Thanks everyone for your input! The quilt really wasn't that difficult... It is a pattern called "Diamond in the Rough" from the December 2006 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting. The designer is Heather Mulder Peterson. I've had the top completed, except for the outer border for several years now... just waiting until I could decide to get going on hand quilting... The images in the magazine show lovely, intricate machine quilting, but since this is for my sweet DH, I wanted to work it by hand... He's being very sweet about it too. I guess I'm mildly concerned about the open spaces left if I simply quilt 3/8" inside the smaller diamonds. So many quilts I see seem to have virtually every bit of space filled with quilting... Should I be concerned? Again, thanks for all the lovely comments!