SherylM

I'm making this quilt for my daughter; I dyed all of the fabric myself, plus tackled some other techniques for the first time (Y seams...not as bad as I thought they would be!) The things we do for our kids! It's been a real learning experience and I've enjoyed every bit of it.

It's ready to be quilted and I've been trying to figure out how I want to do it. I don't do free-motion quilting, so I usually resort to straight line cross-hatch quilting, but what I would really like to do on this quilt is channel quilting, about 2 or 3" apart, possibly with a serpentine stitch. I'm using Quilter's Dream wool batting that needs to be quilted no more than 8" apart.

I've seen plenty of quilts done this way and they look great, but my concern is that it might not be enough to hold the quilt together over time. I'm interested in hearing from someone who's actually done this on a quilt that's been loved and washed and dragged around, and can tell me if the quilt has held up to all of that.