DogHouseMom

I don't pin - mostly because I don't want to have to remove pins to quilt. I hand baste with water soluble thread (I don't like having to snip thread to quilt either - basically I want to plunk the sucker down and go - but I hate spray basting ... but I digress from the OP ...)

Unless the quilt needs some kind of special treatment that requires us to quilt something other than the center first - we typically start in the center. Since the outside of your quilt is WELL pinned :0 there is little chance of shifting if only the center pins are removed. I would remove all the pins inside one of the blocks and all the pins in the sashing that are less than 4" from the block (to avoid hitting them with the foot). Make sure you keep the quilt taut with splayed hands while you quilt to prevent puckers. SITD around that block - then move to the next center block. Then you can move to the blocks on the outside leaving the pins in the borders. When you are ready to quilt the borders, remove only the pins that are in the area that you intend to work.

I think SITD will work nice for this quilt, but you might need something else in the yellow border. That will depend on the width of the border and the of batting you are using. Actually ... I still kinda think the border needs something - I don't like to leave borders unquilted as it invites bunching and makes binding that much more difficult. I would suggest straight lines from the inner border to the outside edge.