Planned to hand quilt, changed my mind, what do I do?
Last year, I pieced a king-sized top for a Christmas quilt. I planned to hand quilt it with high-loft batting. I was going trace snowflake cookie cutters onto it as the pattern for the hand quilting. I did one snowflake and frankly, I don't like how it looks. So I put the quilt aside and let myself get distracted by several other projects.
It would be nice to finish it in time for this Christmas season. The only way that's going to happen is if I machine quilt it, which I love doing. A couple questions for those of you who are more experienced:
1. The quilt has been folded/squished into a basket for the past year, so I'm sure it needs pressing before I start. I think I should remove the hand quilting I've done so far, separate the three layers, press the top and back, and then re-pin. Does that sound right to you?
2. Is there anything I need to watch out for when machine quilting high-loft batting with a home sewing machine? I have the Brother PQ-1500S. Since I'm separating the three layers anyway, presumably, I could use different batting.
Any other advice you have about this would be most welcome. Don't assume I know anything - I still consider myself a newbie and am very grateful for the knowledge shared on this board.