stringquilt quilt top quilting design
 

Any suggestions as to what design to handquilt on string quilt top? The blocks are 10 1/2 quilt blocks with no sashings.

My first impression is the same, lots of seams. Best to try and avoid them and your quilting will probably not be very noticable on a string quilt so I would keep it simple. Depending on your batting space requirement I would thing maybe and straight line along a few of the strings, are your blocks made so it could look like a pin wheel?

With all those seams, I would suggest you give another thought of NOT hand quilting this quilt. It might not even show up being that string quilts are so busy.

so how do I put the backing and batting together if I don't quilt the top? Ive never made one of these and Im still learning quilting methods.

no, Im just using a solid white down the middle and going from there. Im using muslin scraps for the foundation instead of paper.

It would help to see a picture of the quilt. The first thing that came to my mind is the fan pattern or grandmothers fan.
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On my LA I use a simple edge to edge meander. I have had no problems, once in a while you will cross a intersecting line (four seams meeting) and it might hesitate but then keep going.

My granddaughter made one using phone book pages as her guide. This was her lesson in 1/4" seams and value. She did great and I'm so proud. We also wondered about how she would handle the quilting. So, I ended up teaching her how to tie it. It is such a busy quilt that we felt this was the perfect solution.

I haven't made the quilt blocks yet. I am just getting started on the blocks. Ive was given a lot of calico scraps and thought this would be a quick quilt to make.

I would just straight-line quilt it, perhaps on the diagonal if your center white strips are making a lattice pattern on the quilt. You could just make diagonal lines in one direction or in a crisscross pattern.

I quilted one I made with circles, I like the way it turned out. It caught all the seams but not the centers so it went pretty easy.

My two were QAYG with small sashes in between. So they were already quilted.
On other strip quilts I just do an all over large stipple/meander. The seams aren't any thicker than any other pieced quilt. They turned out very well.

I usually tie my string quilts. I have never hand quilted one because of all the seams. On most quilts hand quilting is my chosen method.

When I do my string quilts I cut the batting to the size I want the square and sew my strings directly onto it and therefore I do not need to quilt it as it is already quilted. I just add my backing and binding, the backing has never shifted but these are not large bed size quilts that I do this way.

I have made several string block quilts. I used the "quilt as you go method". Your strips are usually not over 2" and quilting really isn't necessary. I did want to anchor the strips connecting the blocks and just stitched a curve down the middle of each. Real easy and real quick. You can arrange the blocks to make patterns, piecing light strips on half and darker strips on the other half.

quilting string quilts
 

Check out http://heartstringsquiltproject.com/ We make string quilts for charity and have loads of examples on the photo pages.