I am half way through quilting a quilt with big stitch quilting for the first time. For this quilt I am using aurifil 12 wt thread and Jen Kingwell's crosses technique. It works well for the pieced quilt top I am doing. For the border I am using a combination of stencils and hand drawing. It is turning out quite well. When I am finished I will post a Picture. It took me a long time to come up with a quilting design for this quilt. This is where I feel I am challenged. I see intricate designs, feathers, etc. on big stitch quilting, but can't find stencils for these designs. I am wondering how big stitch quilter's come up with their intricate designs? I am not gifted at artwork. Any ideas would be appreciated. I hope I am not hijacking this thread, but it seems to me to be relevant to the original question.