Originally Posted by LindaM

I've done exactly this for a number of my quilts - rather than use 'stitch in the ditch' or free motion quilting, use the decorative stitches.

I use the walking foot so the layers feed evenly. My Janome has a locking stitch (or you can take a couple of stitches with zero stitch length).

The photo here shows a bit of the stitching on a wall quilt (a monochrome quilt for guild challenge)

Cheers,
Linda