Krystyna

I'm getting ready to start a combination "stack the deck" / crazy quilt using QAYG but want to embroider on it. Do you think I should do the embroidery first with stabilizer or just do it right through the batting. It will look kind of weird on the back I think. I'm thinking of doing some denser designs, not just a quilt patter or fancy stitches. Any thoughts?

MTS

So like a full butterfly embroidery motif?
I would do those before the quilting. So just fabric and stabilizer.
I think it would work technically, but wouldn't look so great on the back.

However, if it's just one of the fancy stitches - like the hearts or vine, then you can do that with the batting/backing.
And that will look very cool on the back (if you use nice thread in the bobbin, that is).

Krystyna

I'm thinking of doing a variety of things -- butterflies, flowers, and who knows what else. I have over a thousand designs just screaming to be used. It's time! Stabilizer it is!

Marge L.

I used a great butterfly embroidery on many blocks before making the quilt blocks. It turned out beautifully. It would be next to impossible to hoop a sandwiched piece---too thick.

Carron

I would do just stablizer then you could stitch around the item you want to pop out once the batting and backing are on.

Marge L.

Definitely. The border on mine was a row of butterflies along the edge. It really did turn out better than I had expected.