I found this pattern in the Thimbleberries book called "Quilting for Harvest 2" and just loved the way the pattern came together. and so I decided to do something different with the open areas by appliqueing leaves on it too. It's not finished yet but I'm not sure how I should quilt it. Any suggestions?

Very pretty!

Adding the leaves to those open areas is definitely the right thing to do!

I would let the piecing and the fabric shine in this one, not the quilting.

That is awesome!! Great idea on putting the leaves in there too!

I totally agree
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echo around the leaves would look nice

The leaves are a perfect addition.

Beautiful runner. I would use it anywhere.

WOW! I love it.

That is pretty, I love it.

That is beautiful

Beautiful, just beautiful

Beautiful, just beautiful

Really pretty. Love the added leaves.

perfect !

Beautiful

Very pretty. You could quilt blowing leaves. Quilt a few leaves and then lots of swirls to mimic the wind blowing the leaves around.

This is very pretty! I love the quilting part. I would SID around all parts of the center block and quilt a leaf similar to the appliques in the center of it. In the ivory colored areas I would do some kind of meandering or stippling to make the leaves stand out more from the background. SID around all of the borders and do a horizontal zig-zag throughout the green inner boarder as a heads up to the jagged leaves and the HST's. Then I'd do a vine with leaves in the outer border. I would use the same fabric as the outer border to bind the quilt. This would look nice on the back of a sofa or chair as well. Great work!

Thank you all for the excellent Ideas.This board is so helpful, I never even thought about quilting leaves in the center blocks and a horizontal zig- zag around the green border sounds like a good idea. I love the idea of swirling leaves too and echo quilting around the appliqued leaves. You ladies are so great! ((hugs))

Very pretty!

Very nice runner and the leaves add "that something special". Great idea.