I've finished this quilt for my parents - first queen sized quilt, and I DON'T DO hand work - hate it! So I was wondering, does swirly curly quilting patterns look strange on geometric shaped pieced tops, or should I stick to the ditch?

Not at all. Often it nicely offsets the geometric pattern, so you don't overdose on the squares.

something very round with something very straight always looks great. I say go for it,you wont be disapointed.

I personally like swirls and loops with squares and rectangles. I say go for it.

I think swirlies would look awesome!!

I'd also go for circles or swirles. I think it would look beautiful.

I love the top now - please show us again when you're done with the quilting!

I think what I'm going to do is outline each 9-patch block using a SID, using a decorative stitch, then on the inside of each block I'll do a different free motion design. Should be interesting, and break things up, and separate one design from another. Thanks for all the suggestions!

I often do swirly whirly curly machine quilting on very geometric tops. I think it softens them up some, and adds another dimension to the design.

HOWEVER....this one doesn't need help at all. If you do SID it would remain a very strong design... and it looks great!!!