Watson

I was going to stitch in the ditch all the red stars and grey lines and then do feathers in all the white parts.
My questions is, would it make sense to do all the ditching first and then roll the quilt back up to begin the feathers? That way, I could do the feathers in the long line without having to break thread, because I could just keep advancing the quilt.
Will feathers even show up with all the seams in the white parts?
Any other ideas on how to quilt this?

Thanks, Watson