Becky's Crafts

I'm not a novice at FMQ, but haven't done an awful lot either. That's a lovely quilt & my first thought was bubbles or pebbles as they're called. Just little circles all over. It creates a fun texture & would compliment the top. I would probably use a neutral thread unless you're more sure of yourself after practicing and then I'd use variegated purple thread! Beautiful either way!! Best of luck with whatever you decide!

ManiacQuilter2

I love the look of crosshatching but you have to say do you want to have the thread show. I would first ditch the vertical and horizontal seams then come in with a matching thread and stitch with your walking foot following on the inside the curve a few times. You made a very beautiful quilt.

tessagin

Looks great and I vote for a light grey.

joe'smom

I would probably choose grey thread. My first thought for the quilting would be to emphasize the circles and partial circles, maybe by doing an echo curve in the areas outside the circles, and some squiggly rays out from the circle centers. I'd experiment with a vinyl overlay. A large meander would probably look very nice, too. It's a beautiful quilt!

dunster

Absolutely beautiful quilt. I think that any kind of crosshatching would detract from the beautiful curves on the quilt. I would ditch quilt the curves, and add some additional curved quilting.

osewme

I would quilt with a light grey thread. I had a quilt once that I made & could not figure out what color to use for the quilting. I used a light grey & it blended very, very well.

cassiemae

Your quilt is BEAUTIFUL and I am sure they will think the same.

Jeanne S

A light gray or pale sage green thread would blend in nicely. I don't FMQ either, and quilt everything in straight or wavy lines, edge to edge with my walking foot. Because your quilt has nice curves and movement, simple straight lines 1" apart would look great.

QUILTNMO

Maybe a varigated with those colors!!

greaterexp

I am just getting used to FMQ on my new Juki. I have some light gray quilting top thread, and though I love the variegated threads, I'd have to buy it online. I'm not sure about matching the tones in the variegated thread. I just learned that I'm getting a longarm this weekend and will have to learn how to use it! What a nice problem! Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions!