Originally Posted by
Buckeye Rose
Keep in mind that if the quilting is dense, there is very little area to be puffy....less quilting gives you more definition and also makes for a softer, more cuddly quilt.
Not exactly. Very dense quilting in the background can really get a motif to pop up off the background. Like in this example, the kangaroos:
I am a longarm quilter and this example was double batted but you would get a very similar effect with an 80/20 batting.
There are many ways to get your quilting to stand out. One is using wool or poly batting. Another is to try Trapunto where you have to outline quilt with just your top and a batting, then cut away the excess batting and then sandwich. This way you will get emphasis on certain motifs. Trapunto is a lot of extra work but well worth the effort and the key to trapunto is fairly dense background quilting behind the trapunto element.