My husband informed me that the quilt that I thought I had another 3 weeks to complete needs to be done and presented on Wednesday. I have no idea how to quilt this! Maybe a diagonal grid? Is that too plain? Would that even be ok for the borders?

I'm not that good at FMQ so I'm looking for some simple suggestions that would be quick and easy but still look nice. I am using the 80/20 from Walmart (Fairfield, I think) and it needs to be quilted at 2"-4". Basically, I have 1/2 of tomorrow and 1/2 of Sunday to do the quilting. Then I would like to bind and wash on Monday so that I have all day Tuesday to fix any issues or problems.

Thanks in advance for your advice and suggestions.

It is for a boy.

angel

Very pretty.

That's really cute. I love the fabrics. I think a diagonal grid would be fine, even on the borders. A variegated thread in blues and greens would look great.

How about all over loops and stars?

go for the simple, diagonal quilting. and remember, done is better than perfect! it will look fine and only you will know what else you might have done. A baby quilt will be used and loved regardless of diagonal quilting or extremely complex quilting.

Gridwork might seem too simple but it always looks nice. You could "fancy" it up by sewing two lines 1/4" apart.

I think the gridwork would look fine. It's a very pretty quilt and some little boy is going to be very happy.

qrid lines will be great, agree with the varigated blue/green thread. I've used a wavey decorative stitch sometimes instead of a straight stitch and like the way it looks. good luck

I also think grid work would be best. I have used that on this type of quilt for a quick baby gift as FMQ is not in my bag of tricks and I was in a hurry to complete the quilt.

mltquilt

Awesome! Thanks for all of the suggestions. The grid it shall be!

you could just do a simple grid with a couple of different stitches. kinda mix it up and defiantly use a variegated thread in blues and green

Go with what YOU are comfortable doing. You have a deadline, so no time for frogging if you aren't happy. Quilted well is more important than quilted fancy.

Ditto. Well said :thumbup:

you could do a diagonal grid and then go back in the white squares and do a swirl/circle by putting your needle down in the center of the X your grid made and slowly turning the quilt as you sew. would dress it up just a tad.
great quilt!!

I think a diagonal grid on the main part would look very nice. You may have to do a grid following the 4 patches as well if the diagonal lines end up being too far apart for your batting. On the border, I would do a cross hatching grid between the round circles to finish it off.

I love what you said and it is so appropriate==defiantly do--something I often choose to do even though "they" say differently!! heee- heee

think you meant definately though, right?

L

I would just like to thank everyone for their awesome suggetstions. I started out quilting a grid but then I got more and more carried away. I turned out great. The completed quilt is here:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-128928-1.htm#3432596

I used a variegated thread called Ocean by Sulky. The thread on the backn(solid) matched so completely it looks almost invisible and made taking out a couple of rows of stitching pretty challenging. I am very happy with this quilt. I think it might be my best one yet!