bkay

Gnome, thanks for the suggestion. I think it helped. I'm determined to finish this one as I have accumulated way too many UFOs for my short career in quilting.

Rose, thanks for your suggestions. I've messed with the photo and have come to the conclusion something like this is the best option. Since it's my first quilt to quilt, I thought I'd stick with a walking foot and a simple pattern this time. I have a second I spy quilt top that I just finished and was planning the diagonal on it.

I tried all manner of orange peel designs and could not get one that worked to give me close enough quilting without a lot of marking and measuring on the top. With either of these, I can use the points of the squares and then come back and fill in one line between. I think that will give me enough quilting to keep it together after many washes.

Do you think one or the other would look better on this quilt. I plan to use a gray thread, 30 wt. with the hope that my mistakes will not be noticed.

Even if you were doing one of these plans, would you start in the center?

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