When to Quilt an Appliqued Quilt?
I am about to start my first quilted wall hanging with applique on it. It is a pattern that calls for using squares of blues and green put together to form the sky and hills in the background, then appliqueing big flowers over the top. The instructions say to piece the backing, do the applique/stitching, then quilt. The LQS were I bought the quilt said to layer and quilt the background before doing the applique/stitching. What should I do?