I want to make a lap quilt for my daughter for Christmas but it needs to be something that I can quilt at home on my sewing machine. I did some limited straightline quilting on a few other small lap quilts in the past few years. I have some really pretty fabrics from Tonga's Pink Lemonade line and was thinking of making something like one of these:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/193654852699210528/
or
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&sa...r:38,s:0,i:201
The second one would require turning the quilt at each corner to go around the diamond so I think the first one would be better for me to tackle. I was thinking I would sew about 1/4 to 1/2 inch away from the diagonal seam going horizontally just in the direction of the "stripes". Would quilting it this way turn out okay--only having diagonal lines and only going one direction?
Not sure why I had to decide so late to make this, as if I don't have enough holiday stress!!! I'm also making one for my son slightly different so I am furiously working during the afternoons while they are at school because I have to put it away before they come home so I don't ruin the surprise. My daughter comes in frequently to admire my work so she would see the fabrics right off and know something was up.