Originally Posted by
bearisgray
If I am understanding your original post correctly -
You want to attach the top by stitching only partially through the wadding/batting and do not want the stitches to show on the back
and
you also want to attach the back to the same wadding/batting by only stitching partway through through so the stitches will not show on the front??
If you want two quilted designs, I am thinking it would be almost easier to make two quilts and just stitch through all three layers at one time on each of them.
I had planned to do a pattern of hearts on the back, but if I have to stitch through the front too then I would have to do squares, that's all! The front is a completely rainbow patchwork of squares, so any other shape of quilting will create lines across them that will spoil the effect of the squares because it wouldn't be possible to use an invisible colour of thread. I can do squares "stitched in the dip" if necessary, and forget about the hearts/ embroider some hearts instead.
Alternatively, it looks as though my great uncle's quilt has a new, unquilted back sewn over the original quilted one, which works, and I was wondering if I could perhaps get one of those ready quilted backings and quilt it to the back in the heart pattern, then sew the front over the ready-quilted bit, with a few strategically placed stitches to stop it flapping...