AZ Jane

YES! Yes!! Yes!!!!

Halo

I would do cross hatch quilting on your lovely quilt. It is easy to do & goes quickly. I use spray basting to sandwich with & have never had a pucker in any of my quilts. It would be a wast of time to do SID. You don't need both.

tenngal

I do better with diagonals as a beginner - and I love your colors and blocks

IBQUILTIN

You could u se your 1/2" foot, quilt 1/4" from your seam, and then divide that space by increments oof 1/4"

nhweaver

You can do sitd, but as a beginner I used masking blue tape to mark lines so I could sew straight. For a contrast, I would do horizontal lines. Check your batting for sewing inches, so that you make the lines as the each batting requires a certain spacing. I learned that the hard way. Love your project, congratulations!!

matraina

I love your quilt - very good job. Can't help on the quilting.

roserips

I really like your quilt. For straight line quilting what I do a lot is "bank shot quilting" think of a pool table and shooting the cue ball across at a 45 degree angle then it bounces off the other side and goes on and on... So I line myself up to my sewing machine think of a string from your belly button to the needle that way I can sew a straight line that goes diagonally across the quilt. Then begin sewing diagonally across the blocks. When I get to the other side I turn 45 degrees and sew across again. Continue this diagonal sewing until you have x's on all of your blocks. This makes a nice lattice design of quilting if you want more then stitch in the ditch for the blocks. Just my suggestion I like it because it is fast and east to do. Well easier than trying to stitch in the ditch.

wildyard

I agree with Neesie and Roserips! There is no need to stitch in the ditch on your quilt, and if you do, then you certainly don't need to do other quilting after you've done that.
I, too, am a straight line quilter, mostly, and like Neesie, I love the look of stitching 1/4" away from the seam line. Depending on how much I want to accent each section, I might just stitch to one side, either inside or out; or I might stitch both inside and out. I also align the outside of my presser foot with the seam and use that as my stitching guide.
For your quilt and pattern, I like the idea of doing the diagonal X thru each block as described by roserips. That is an attractive and easy straight line pattern that will highlight your pattern.

Jackie R

Try using painters blue masking tape to stick to your quilt top for quick marking of the straight lines you desire ie from corner to corner and then the continuing lines on each side of your first stitched line, one strip at a time. I've used this trick I saw somewhere and it works really nice for straight line quilting in a grid or diagonals. It comes in various widths too for whatever width desired. Just put a strip on your quilt top where you want, quilt the stitch line and then move the tape to the next line you want. The tape keeps it's stickiness for a bit so you don't need all new tape strips for each line. However, if you just want to stitch in the ditch, you don't have to do an overall straight line quilting unless you just want to since all the stitch in the ditch stitches will hold the quilt together nicely. Have fun.

gramajo

I would SID to stabilize it and then sew your design lines.