Need quilting ideas
 

Hello all,

I have two questions. First, do you think it’s okay to leave the white background without any additional quilting? It is all secured with SITD and batting says 10” apart.

Second, what the heck should I quilt in the outer border?? I am stumped. Fabric is busy so likely won’t really show. I am thinking something less dense to contrast with the interlocking daisy pattern in the inner borders.

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Pretty quilt...I think you are fine leaving the white as it is without further quilting and dor the borders I would do a loosely floral design or just loopy loops so it is not too densely quilted. I often use Amanda Murphy’s floral design. Nice job on what you’ve done so far.

I would just do a large Stipple in the borders.

I always leave no less than 3-4" of space no matter what batting package says. Large spaces will eventually lump with washings. Just my opinion.

Your quilt is beautiful at this point.

Welcome to this board. Lots with different opinions and help.

Your quilting so far is beautiful. I think you can do almost anything in the border; the fabric is so busy it is unlikely to show.

On the white background, I’m afraid if you leave it unquilted it will shout “Look at me”, especially if you wash the quilt. Because light colors tend to advance toward the viewer anyway, I would think some simple quilting will help keep the background in the background. Maybe just some straight lines perpendicular to the short side of the rectangles or matchsticks, with spaces between?

Very pretty quilt! i think something simple in the borders would be fine. Maybe an echoed zigzag? Or a rectangle, which would sorta mimic the shapes in the blocks.

I am not very good at quilting designs....so I meander Plus a lot over-all. Umm, maybe some pebbles in the white area? The curvers would contrast with the line movement of the the blocks?

I would definitely put some quilting in the white space of the blocks, for the reasons SuzSLO stated. I love your quilt, the design and the colors and the quilting so far.

Very pretty quilt and I think the white is just fine the way you have it. I have no idea of any quilting designs for your border but I know you will get a lot of suggestions from members here

You could do loopy meander, wishbones or a spiral swirl in the border. I would probably put something in the white since everything else is quilted, you could do a continuous curve in the white squares and maybe echo the rectangular shapes.

I probably would do another row of the interlocking daisy if it would fit. Your quilt is great

first off welcome to the QB. As you may notice there are many willing to share some helpful thoughts with you. As far as your border I would meander around the border FMQ as you go nothing fancy just meandering. No need for anything more in your white spaces. This quilt has so many lovely quilted spaces. Great Job. I hope to see a great deal of you on the QB sharing and learning from each other is what it is all about. Again welcome to the QB.

Thank you for all the great suggestions! I went ahead and quilted some diagonal lines in the white spaces and a loose meander in the outer border. Binding is not on yet. Thanks again for all the help! I look forward to interacting with all of you going forward.

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The diagonal lines are really nice. Ties the quilt together.

Watson

Beautiful job!