Originally Posted by
PATTIESPEARL
I have a top like this that my mother made for my cousin. My cousin gave it to me a couple of years ago. My mother died in 1964. I want to hand quilt it but honestly do not know how it should be quilted. It is at the long armer to be basted. The background is very thin so it will have to be quilted lightly?
If you do a google image on one of the quilt names, you can see a variety of quilting ideas. When you say 'lightly' do you mean not too close together? Remember that you have to follow the instructions on your batting to see the maximum distance apart your quilting lines should be. this measurement is in all directions, including on the diagonal. You don't want to put in all that work to have the batting fail.