1930's Machine Quilting Pattern(s)??
 

Finished piecing my quilt top made with 30's fabrics but now don't have a clue what type of machine quilting pattern to use. Anyone have any suggestions? Lily, my inspector/supervisor, loves it when I finish one because she knows Mom will sit and cuddle with her on the loveseat for awhile. :)

lovely work, thanks for sharing...

That is beautiful and oooohhh lots of quilting opportunities!! I'm going to approach this from a hand quilting perspective because that is what i do....

I'd shadow quilt around the squares and triangles. Or you could shadow quilt around the triangles and make an X thru the 4patch squares.

I'd find a border stencil to use in the white areas/sashing.

The rest of the borders could be done in a cross-hatching or a combination of other border stencils.

I realize that you are wanting to machine quilt this, but maybe this can give you some ideas.

Thank you! :) What is shadow quilting?

Beautiful quilt. Thanks for sharing.

What a lovely quilt. You did a great job. Any way you quilt it, it will look good.

Simple crosshatch would like nice with these fabrics and pattern. I look forward to seeing what you pick. Nice quilt. Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful quilt! Baptist Fan was a popular quilting pattern back then, and it would make a nice counterpoint to the geometric pattern.

they did a lot of shadow quilting, or SID, but I think a Baptist fan or clam shell would also be nice!

I just checked a book out of our library. It is called Quilting Designs from the Past by Jenny Carr Kinney. It has over 300 historically accurate quilting designs from 1810-1940. It is a fascinating study of quilting...no meandering or stippling... instead the designs are well planned and many are not that difficult.