Quilting ideas around appliqued medallion?
 

I made this as part of a BOM here on this board...I am ready to attempt to machine quilt the top, but I am just stuck. I have no idea how to quilt around the center medallion....I would LOVE to do some pretty feathers, but I am not there yet! Cross hatching seems too linear for this design........help! :) please....thank you!

That is beautiful. I would do a small background fill to get that gorgeous applique to pop. If you feel confident doing a small serpentine, I would mark the background with a crosshatch, small, like 1/2" grid and do Diane Gaudinski's "dianeshiko" technique.
http://dianegaudynski.blogspot.com/2...hiko-tips.html

Other nice options would be pebbles, headbands, McTavishing, even a small scale meander would work well. Small repetitive fills are not as difficult as you would think. The idea is to get that applique to pop up off the surface

I absolutely love your quilt love the colors

That is really pretty. I have no artistic ability so can't help with quilting design. I just meander or do it how the designer did theirs. Is the medallion to small to trapunto then stipple around? I have never used this technique but would to try it.

That is a beauty! I agree with feline...the rest can be less

Thank you for the link! Wow....lots of inspiration there.....will put some scraps together and practice a bit!

Have you considered tying the center portions? When in doubt, return to the basics.

I think it would be so beautiful as trapunto. In any case, really nice job on the applique. It is just stunning!

I think I would stitch in the ditch around each piece and then echo. Very pretty top!

It depends on your quilting ability of what you can do. Don't always look at cross hatching one way, you can echo with lines in the setting triangles. I would shop for a simple stencil that will fit in the square in a square center. I would like to see something nicer than just plain stippling in the peach background. Do a Google search for large background stencils and see if you can find something you like. Good Luck and be please with the results of a very lovely unique quilt.