Beautiful quilt, I love it, you did a great job on it. I wouldn't do a whole lot of quilting on it, don't want to take away from the thunderbird. Just my opion.
Absolutely Unique..Well done and thanks for sharing..mmmm I would probably go with your idea..swirly for the white and stitch in the ditch for the bird..It really is Sweet!!!
Beautiful quilt! You'll have fun fmq it. The easiest way I was taught was to STD in a few grids following seams. Then you can remove pins and FMQ in the sections.