Hello Marian, Your new wholecloth looks great!! I would suggest 80/20 batting and wool batting on top of that to get the extra loft. Some of the other suggestions about what to quilt are very good. I would (and do most of the time) quilt the background areas very heavily and use various “fills”. The Lisa Calle suggestion was very good. I have taken her class on iquilt. I always blend my thread with the fabric. I am not very brave to have my thread “showing”. :-). I am looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Ellen