To me modern style quilting is not representive of the old we quilts. It is difficult not seeing the pattern. Can you post a picture. I have judged many reproduction quilts where the quilting was totally opposit to the patchwork. While one can do whatever they want, if you want it to be authentic the quilting should be carefully considered. As an example, meandering as we see it done today on the machine was not done on quilts of the 30' and 40'. There are stencils taken from the vintage quilts available. Also I have rarely seen signature quilts that had quilting within the piece where the signature is. So without seeing the design it is difficult to give informed advice.