i love that design. it looks like an excellent quilt for somebody who thinks of herself as a beginner. each element is fairly simple, but put together the overall look is complex. the hard part for me would be deciding how to divide it up for quilting.
that's going to be a huge ego boost when it's done. AND you will no longer be allowed to call yourself a beginner.
:P
i'd stitch in the ditch around the stars and other special elements to make the pattern pop. then stipple the squares.
ok. back up. let me be honest. i'd stitch in the ditch and attempt the stippling. i have yet to work up the courage to try freemotion quilting. one of the things i like best about QAYG is that i can machine quilt some fairly complicated motifs without having to suffer the challeng of freemotion. some day, though ... some day ...