This would be a great quilt for FMQ - BUT if you're a beginning FMQer, you may not want to practice with this quilt - LOL. The package the batting was in will tell you how closely you need to quilt. Cross-hatching would be a good choice, and it's not hard to do. You mark the first line of stitching, and then use the L-shaped attachment that should have come with your machine to do the additional quilting lines a specific distance from previous stitched lines. ake that distance the one on the batting package. Repeat in the other direction. I would do them diagonally. Simple, and they look very good.