I did a grandmother's flower garden quilt several years ago and sent it out for handquilting. The quilters did a stitch very close to the edges of each row of hexies. .... one row around the center hexi, one row around the next layer of the flower and another row around the outer layer of the flower. I love my quilt. I'm not sure if you can see the quilting in these pictures, but they did a superb job.