Quilt over the sashing?
 

I have decided to straight-line quilt this sampler. I think it will work out really well with 5 lines going in 2 directions, diagonally through every block. What I am wondering, will it look better to quilt each block individually and not cross over the sashing or do I just run the lines all the way across the quilt? I have not done a quilt like this with such a variety of blocks which is why I am set on straight-line, but the sashing has me baffled. Thanks for your opinions.

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i would quilt all over the quilt if you are using just cross hatching

That's a hard decision! I think I might stitch in the ditch on either side of the sashing and then quilt the blocks the way you planned.

Quilt each block as you wish. Use the sashing as a "transition" between each block. Can you do a swirl or loop in the sashings area?

With the variety of block shapes what about a straight echo in the blocks? Then something else in the sashings.
Is that an Accuquilt design?
Good Luck!

I am a newer quilter, just since May 2017 so I do not know what Accuquilt is. The blocks are from the New Quilting Bee here on the board. I joined along in July and played catchup for the other months. @Oksewnsew gave us wonderful blocks to do, along with a couple of bonus ones. It was a great learning experience for me and this is the quilt that I decided to make from the blocks on the Bee. I would like to have it finished before I start my first Bonnie Hunter mystery.

Congrats on your quilt. It is lovely with the pretty fabrics. You certainly can't tell you are a new quilter. The BH Mystery looks like a fun project. Enjoy!

Accuquilt is a fabric cutting system with dies to cut the various shapes. Here is a link for you.

https://www.accuquilt.com/

I would quilt over the sashing. Cross hatching the quilt as a whole will unify the design without taking away from the blocks.

It will be very pretty however you quilt it. Great choice of colors.

Beautiful job. You have learned fast! Have you thought about putting a serpentine stitch in the sashing? Your machine might have that stitch built in . You can play around with stitch length on scrap that's the width of your sashing, to get a feel for what it would look like. I like to put some curves somewhere in a very linear quilt. Sashings offer that.

Through the quilt.Sashing too..

I never quilt straight lines THROUGH sashing. Years ago I took a class on how to quilt smashing and saw examples showing how much better soft lines look in that instance . In the entire class only one person out of approx. 50 class members found the look of straight lines THROUGH sashing acceptable.

I'd stitch in the ditch from one side to the other to stabilize. (Go right on past the corner stones) But I would not cross over the sashing with your lines inside the block. It appears that the sashing is narrow enough that putting any kind of design there would be "too much" and not necessary. Wow--you did great as a beginner! I didn't notice any blocks with the points disappearing. Interesting blocks, too. None were easy. Keep up the great work!

I'm definitely one in 50 - I would do the crosshatch straight through the sashing.

Let's see....if you want to get it done and use it <smile> - quilt through the sashing. If you want to really play with the quilting do each block separately. Either way it will be lovely. You did a great job on it.

My first thought was to do straight lines vertical and horizontal so they go thru the cornerstones. If this is not enough quilting, then I would make a 'box' within each block. Most of the blocks have some form of inner square, you could follow those lines or just decide on one size and do it the same in each block. That would depend on how you wanted the back to look - very uniform and with a bit of free form look to it.

I found this example of crosshatching through blocks with a different treatment of sashing. Might give you some ideas:
http://abusybobbin.blogspot.com/2014...ss-blocks.html

I had a hard time finding an example of crosshatching through sashing (although this was often done on vintage quilts), but maybe this example of all-over crosshatching will help you visualize it for your quilt:
http://www.aquiltinglife.com/2016/09...-tutorial.html

And one otherexample I found:
http://quietplay.blogspot.com/2014/0...out-tears.html

Be sure to check out tutorials on crosshatch machine quilting before you start. I strongly advise using a lot of starch. If you will be sewing at a sit-down machine, I would starch the backing with a 1:1 solution of Sta-Flo liquid laundry starch and water (heavy starch application) and would spray starch the top several times before sandwiching. To speed spray starch drying you can place a fan near it. Several layers of spray starch are good. Basically what the starch does is stabilize both the backing fabric and the top so they are much less likely to stretch as you sew. Stretching of the fabric creates puckers when you cross a line of stitching. Starch is definitely your friend when cross-hatching!

Prism99 - Thank you so much for the links. Its just the type of information I needed to have. I really like using Sta-Flo, that is what I use to starch all of my quilting projects. I have it in the house because it is perfect for sizing linen warps when weaving with linen.

What I am seeing in my minds eye is not a very close cross hatching, the blocks are 10" square and I have decided not go through the sashing. I do have some rulers so I might do another design down the sash, or use another machine that has decorative stitches. The game plan is to get it done this weekend. That way I will still have almost 2 weeks before Thanksgiving and the following Friday to finish weaving curtains, since I am hosting Thanksgiving, and be ready to start the Bonnie Hunter mystery.

I want to thank everyone who responded. I love the generosity of the quilters on this board:thumbup:

Whatever you decide, the quilt is beautiful!