Echo quilting
Hello again!
I'm getting a little nervous about finishing my quilt. I basted my quilt tonight and it's time to get it quilted. This is a wedding gift so I want to make it as perfect as possible. Originally I thought I would just do tons of horizontal stripes, but I was drawing out some ideas on my ipad that I kind of liked. Hopefully the gray can be seen well enough. First question is, can I do this with a walking foot? I used a free motion foot with my first quilt and I'm not good enough at it for something that is being given as a gift. Second question is, if I do a design like this, after I've done the triangles and start doing the straight lines, how do I transition from each line? Do I stop and tie it off at the end of each line or do I stitch in the ditch a short distance and then turn and keep going? (Or do that without stitching in the ditch, say half an inch from the seam?)
I thought this would look neat on the back of the quilt and bring the triangles onto the back. I'd love to hear more interesting ideas!
I'm attaching pics of my sketch and closeups of two examples of how I'm envisioning the straight lines.
THANKS!