magnolia

I am getting ready to quilt the mystery quilt that I did. I was thinking of using a light blue thread and doing a meander. (I meander most of my quilts). But, I'm wondering if it would look funny on the quilt. What do you think would look good. I will be doing this on my own sewing machine,regular size, and I am not skilled enough to do fancy designs yet. I included a picture of the backing fabric if that might help at all. Thank you.

sueisallaboutquilts

What a beautiful quilt!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D I think meandering would look great~!

kristen0112

Beautiful quilt and meandering will look lovely.

dglvr

Yeap I think the light blue thread and the meandoring will be beautifal. You did a great job on the quilt. Its beautifal. :thumbup:

littlehud

I would quilt a straight line through the diagonal blocks and echo quilt around the stars. Meandering on the borders. IMHO.

Boscobd

That is a beautiful quilt! Meandering will look great, especially with light blue thread.

spinnergs

This would be a great time to try a different pattern on the borders. Since they are on the outside of the quilt, they are easier to quilt on. Try a simpler quilting pattern. Now is always the time to jump in and expand your experience!

kwiltkrazy

I would do a twisting ribbon down the blue paths, then echo the stars to the blue path ways, and then meander the borders except the large blue corner stones and I would put a large star in them. Just an idea.

SassySewer53

Magnolia, you did a wonderful job piecing the top! I think your quilt thread color will be great. You might want to cross hatch the center by stitching diagonally at each block intersection, then around the border choose a simple design to stitch in outline quilting, like a floral to match what you have on the backing. Just take care to mark lines with disappearing pen/pencil.

Cross hatching is criscrossing at corners of pieced blocks.

CoyoteQuilts

Variegated blue thread top and bottom and meander if that is what you are comfortable with.