Originally Posted by irishrose

I would use a cookie cutter to 'draw' a flower, then echo it. I did that with the negative spaces in my Carpenter Star. Your chains can be stitched diagonally as others suggested. Actually, I drew my flower on waxed paper and stitched through it because I didn't want to mark the quilt. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...y-t158183.html