Hi Cheryl,
thanks for your response! Yeah, the creative quilting part for the background, meadow, tree branch etc will be the relatively easy parts...at least in figuring out what I want to do...probably not the quilting itself, lol! I think when two other members mentioned echo quilting they meant just once, so more what you're talking about, outline quilting. Since my zigzag stitches are different colors according to which piece was appliqued I'd rather not try to match the zigzag thread for each element and end up with different colored quilting stitches on my backing fabric. I'd like to just do a light cream colored thread which should almost disappear (?) on most of my fabrics. That's why I thought of the idea of the top quilting stitch coming up underneath the zigzag. I'm sure someone has tried this before?? I suppose I'll just have to get some batting next tuesday and try it out on some scraps to see if it will work as well as it seems to in my imagination. :-)
Thanks and yes, I'll definitely post how it turns out!