That is PRETTY---I agree with the suggestions for petals....

Wow - that is pretty! Love the design, very dramatic.

Spotted a really neat quilting design recently for stars -
http://wheatridgestudios.blogspot.com/
Scroll down to see the Friendship Star designs.

Great quilt.

This is a beautiful quilt. Sorry I can't help with a FMQ pattern as I am still learning it myself. Leah Day has a website that has a lot of help on it. Please post your finished design.

Beautiful quilt! Love those stars with bright and contrasting colours! Sorry I can't help with the FMQ as I'm still struggling with mine.

*W*O*W* that is simply stunning! What if you 1/4" echo around the stars and maybe some small meandering as a filler. Beautiful quilt, how ever you decide to quilt it, it will only enhance it. I can hardly wait to see it completed.

Beautiful quilt top, love the colors and pattern.

wow that's beautiful !!!! i'll have to remember that pattern.

I am currently taking FMQ classes and there are several things I have learned from this set of classes that I didn't learn from some I took several years ago. The best suggestion is get Harriet Hargrave's book "Heirloom Maching Quilting" and read it. Then practice 15 minutes a day for a week or two. Nothing beats practice. If you bump up against problems, refer to the suggestions that Harriet suggests. I have found that has been the soulution to most of my problems.

How big are the main stars (without the shadow star)? If your batting will allow you to use a distance far enough to STID around the main star - then I would do that. Then echo stich the shadow star. Meander the background of each. Then a vine, leaf, or feather design in the frame.

If the main star is too big and you have to quilt inside it ... STID your pieces in the star (assume they're diamonds?) to meet in the center of the star - but again - just the main star. Treat the shadow star differently.