Quilting pattern?
A coworker has commissioned me to longarm her quilt. She is making it for her father (or her friends father?). The top consists of his old cowboy shirts that she cut up into large squares and put together in a tshirt-quilt-top fashion. The shirts are plaid, and most are very well loved, meaning that some are very thin and frail in places.
I will do an all over design, but she, of course, does not want anything swirly or curvy or anything. however, I am very poor at doing straight lines (especially if any diagonals are required!) and am not sure I want to take the time to do the whole thing in ruler work. Any advice on some simple quilting motifs that may complement the top and that will satisfy her and the recipient?
Keep in mind, the shirts are not completely evenly laid out in the columns, as some were cut in different sizes, so they just ended up wherever and however they landed. Therefore, I cannot depend on the lines of the plaid as a guide to keep things straight. There are also shirt buttons still attached, so the quilting has to be flexible enough to go around those at ease.
I was thinking about doing a basic meander, but with harder corners rather than the flowing curves. Is it hard to consistently keep the points sharp and lines straight without softening them into curves and arcs? Any thoughts or other ideas?
Thank so much!