I don't have any advice for you, but the quilt is beautiful! Cross stitch does take a long time!

:D Beautiful quilt :D

I was asking if it was aida because it can fray badly.

you may want to treat the cut edges of the aida, or quilt OVER the seams to help secure it. is their anyway it could be profestionaly quilted?

the cross stitch is wonderful! you are so good with a needle already, it shouldnt be a far jump to try hand quilting.

good luck! ;)

Your quilt is stunning and counted crosstitch too. I am so impressed.

I am not a veteran quilter but I made some quilts for my grandchildren and in the center block I painted Precious Moments pictures. When machine quilting I did the "echo" around the pictures and wherever possible, i.e. the sleeves, apron etc, I quilted in the picture. Just do enough to hold your batting and enhance the picture (what you want to puff out). I would do a sample first before tackling the whole project it is so beautiful.

Surely echoing won't show on aida? isnt it quite stiff?

I'd just nail the crossstitch panels down with simple stitches (cross stitches even- through all the layers) spaced fairly far apart, and just stitch close to the seams on the borders- keep it simple- it is a heavenly piece- well done!

Beautiful quilt! I love the cross-stitch designs. I have them saved and want to start stitching them soon. I hadn't thought of using them for a quilt.

Aida is very stiff so you can stitch easy, but after a few washes it soften. It does fray a lot, and this is why the quilting mus be a little heavy around the seams areas.

This is an awsome quilt and I love,love your colors and the cross stitching.I would keep things simple and try a sample square before you do the whole quilt.It is just beautiful and you have one lucky grandaughter....good luck whatever you choose.........pab

Very beautiful! Can't help with suggestions tho! I love it just like it is now!

ditto they r too beautiful to make any distractions Good Luck... Looking forward to seeing the finished quilting, whatever you choose.

my word it is beautiful. lots of work. nice, very nice

very beautiful quilt

For the beautiful embroidered squares I might try outlining the hand stitching and then echoing that again, keeping the lines of echo sts not too close together. Then quilt the sashing any way you like. Or do as many others have suggested and leave the blocks alone and quilt only the sashing. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't try to quilt over the embroidery in any way, shape, or form.

What ever you choose will be beautiful. I think you have done a terrific job.

I serged the edges of the cross stitch and then lined them in muslin. So I'm hoping Cheyanne will be able have it well into her life. Maybe pass it done to her children.

I too think only quilting in the sashing. If you do decide to quilt in the blocks, I think that echo quilting would be the only way to go there. BEAUTIFUL work and I know that it will always be cherished. Love, love the orchid and purple, but then I'm a purple person, my favorite color.Love your quilt.

I too think only quilting in the sashing. Maybe a pretty little heart in the sashing squares would look good. If you do decide to quilt in the blocks, I think that echo quilting would be the only way to go there. BEAUTIFUL work and I know that it will always be cherished. Love, love the orchid and purple, but then I'm a purple person, my favorite color.Love your quilt.

I'm a cross stitcher that wants to get into quilting so the only thing that I have quilted is a couple of my pieces, a halloween alphabet and a Santa I just did. Even though I had already outlined the actual pattern I went ahead and outlined them again with quilting thread. They turned out better than I had hoped for. I'll post pics of both. The backing on both was a dark fabric and didn't show off the backstitch which was a bit messy, not as pretty as traditional quilting but the front was fantastic. I'd try hand quilting some of the inner outline of the actual pattern. And by the way, you did a fantastic job on the cross stitch. So very time consuming but so worth it.

I would put a narrow border of the lighter purple in the top around it, then a wider border of the darker purple in the top and bind it with the backing purple. Your finished quilt is going to be fabulous!

That is absolutely gorgeous!!!
I cross stitch and know what
a lot of time you spent on
this quilt. It is beautiful.
She will treasure it forever!
Hugs, Sharon

Beautiful! I agree, just quilt the sashing. Or maybe an outline around the cross stitching.

Maybe echo quilting around the cross-stitching or one line around the pictures & stipple the rest of the block. Anything you like would work on the frames and maybe binding with the darker purple from the backing.

Lovely quilt! I would go with white backing and use the purple for the binding. Either stipple closely to the cross stitched area or do lines up to the embriodery.