Need Quilting Ideas for this one.
 

Hi everyone! Just got this glued together for quilting. I planned on doing an overall swirl design, but thought I'd see if y'all had any suggestions. How would you quilt this? Thanks! Oh, and get ready, it's so bright it'll hurt your eyes, but I got rid of lots of scraps!:D

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Diagonal lines through the diamonds. Not sure after that.

No advise, it surely is pretty!

I think diagonal "wavy" lines would be cute and help it flow even more.

Beautiful quilt top! I love the colors and the symmetry. A great scrap-buster, for sure.

I love complex machine quilting, so I would do something really challenging. Some ideas: stitch in the ditch of every smaller square, then do a four-petal flower inside each square. In the medium squares, do the same thing as far as outlining it, maybe echoing that outline inside the square, so it has a double outline 1/4-inch apart, and then do a six-petal flower in those squares. In the large squares, do the double outline, but with the lines 1/2-inch apart, and then do a "double flower" like the one in this blog: http://christaquilts.com/2013/04/24/...ouble-flowers/

I might leave the white unquilted, to highlight the squares and flowers. I'm not sure. I might also do some sort of dense background quilting in the white.

I like the idea of an overall swirl design. Love your quilt.

I have no idea about the quilting, but I love your top, it's gorgeous.

As I have robotics on my system I was able to come up with this idea as I just finished the Jewel Box such as yours. Here's my rendition on what I did. Please overlook my scribblings.

I guess I am odd man out. I like the quilting to support the piecing and not take away from it's beauty. I would crosshatch it.

I agree - "go with the flow"

Beautiful quilt! I think swirls would be perfect on it!

Very pretty!!

I would want to quilt it so the secondary design stands out.

SITD around the all the colored squares and diamonds (large and small). Depending on the size of the large colored squares and the type of batting you are using, I might put a single circle inside that square.

If you want denser quilting that will make the colored squares REALLY stand out, finish by doing a small to medium meander in all the white areas.

OR you can do just the opposite and densely quilt (after SITD) all the colored areas and leave the white criss-cross un-quilted (except for the ditch work), and that will make the white stand out. I think this will highlight the secondary pattern the best.

Thanks everyone, for all your thoughtful suggestions. I'll have to mull it over for awhile. In this case though, simpler may have to be better as I intend to give the quilt to a nephew who is getting married on Oct. 10th!

I did my Jewel Box in an allover meander in variegated thread. Worked for me. Am I the only one who quilts the border separately? The border was wide loops.
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Looks great with the black background!

Personally, when I quilt this style, I like to emphasize the lattice. After all, that is one of the reasons you were attracted to this pattern?

I would do something geometric and simple in order for the lovely colors and your fine piecing to stand out. I don't think I would overload it with circular patterns. (Just MHO, though, as beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Swirling sounds great. Quilt is dramatic, beautiful.

what about the swirl going thru the white areas and something round/swirl/flowery in the center squares? I always like to add curves to tops that are so angular. I think it adds interest. great colors.

no help from me, but, wow, what a wonderfully bright looking quilt!!!

Swirls look nice on your quilt.

Beautiful quilt and I MUST try a jewel box someday. I favor mostly keeping this angular.

Really beautiful quilt!!! I must say, I think Snooze's design is absolutely stunning & would really complement your quilt well. That said, I also understand the need to just finish it. Perhaps you could do sort of a combination (assuming you are quilting it FMQ) and could do the swirl in the center & then the dividing line, a row of circles, and then the piano key/stippling for the outer border. Just a thought. I'm sure whatever you do, it will be just lovely as it is already visually stunning pre-quilting.

I like the all over quilting...

so, so pretty, I agree diagonal wavy lines would b nice.

I would sew diagonally through the chain in the quilt. I love all your bright colors - great quilt pattern! You did good.

Susan

Love the quilting that Snooze did!!!