Originally Posted by MadQuilter
One of the suggestions that I read (but have not used) is to quilt from the back. If you use a backing fabric with an overall pattern - such as floral - you can follow the pattern/outline quilting on the back and the front will have an unplanned overall quilting line. The pictures I have seen on this have been pretty.
You can also stitch in the ditch around the blocks or parts of them on the front to get a placement for them and then turn the quilt over and pick the designs you want to quilt in certain locations within the blocks from the back side. I hope that makes sense.....