I was thinking the same thing. Easy to do with duel feed.

Really cute and colorful quilt...stitch in ditch, definitely but......maybe a giant zigzag down each pencil? Or, string of giant circles? I was told by a quilter that she does the opposite pattern of the pieced quilt.....meaning if pieced quilt is straight lines, then quilting is done in curves. All suggestions would look good...

I think an overall pattern would be best. Something geometric.

I just figured out why this is driving me crazy. It would stand out by stitching in the ditch. I dislike stitch in the ditch.....I really, really don't like to do it.

I didn’t either until I purchased an Edge foot. It has a guide in the center of the foot making it so much easier.

I just wanted to add that I think your quilt is awesome and hope you post another photo when you’ve decided how to quilt it.

I'd stitch in the ditch and then reevaluate if it needs more. I'd want to highlight the piecing and make it look like pencils. I like your idea for piecing the border with the colors of the pencils. Good color choices!

I'd like to echo JMoore - the edge foot that she mentions reminds me a bit of the prow of an ice-breaker. It is almost impossible to do a bad job of stitching in the ditch with it because the prow/forward edge likes to be right on the place where the two fabrics join.

I would do loops and stars. Most JoAnn's have a stencil for this...it would be cute.

This quilt makes such a bold statement on it's own. I agree with jingle and ekuw, that an overall random pattern would suit it well. Especially because you are so adverse to doing SITD.

I bought the ditch foot. Still not sure what I am going to do. I want the pencils to stand out. Thanks for your suggestions so far!