SewCraftyGirl

I am almost finished a baby quilt I've been working on. I quilted everything in the quilt, except the white sashing between the star blocks. I feel like it needs to be quilted, but do not have any ideas on what quilting design will work well. I don't want it all to run together and look like 'mush!'

All suggestions are appreciated!

Just Me...

What about coming in 1/4" from either side and doing a line? It does need something because of the density of the rest of the blocks....

ManiacQuilter2

How about an easy loop or curls? I would keep it simple but since you quilted quite closely, you do need to quilt something in the sashing.

Bree123

Tough call. My first thought was a double wavy line through the center of the sashing -- or even a cord. But the other part of me feels like the piecing is so modern that simply echo quilting the blocks might be a very clean & striking option. Assuming your sashing finishes at 2", you could space the lines out evenly every 1/2" or maybe instead go with a triple line in the center with 1/4" in between the lines.

SewCraftyGirl

The finished sashing is 1 1/2" wide.

I'm leaning towards several evenly spaced lines down the center of the sashing. I hadn't considered this, but think it will stand out from the FMQ, but still provide enough quilting so that it coordinates well w/the heavy quilting.
Thank you for the ideas!

GEMRM

I'm not sure what to say about the sashing, but I do have to say I love what you did with this - this quilt top would make a great one to practice fmq on - so many areas that you could do something in, but not be committed to making it look the same as another portion of it.....

JenniePenny

Very pretty quilt so far!

Tartan

Cute quilt! I think ribbon candy would look nice in the white sashing.

quiltingshorttimer

I think your idea of several straight lines in the sashing will really highlight your great block quilting--and love the applique look of the stars.

Jan in VA

It looks like a zigzag would be in keeping with the rest of the quilting and piecing. The quilt is very appealing.