Quote Originally Posted by bec View Post
I've just started machine quilting and have only done one wall hanging. This has so many pieces! I think you may need to pick and choose what areas you want to stitch around and not do every piece. For inside the block area, you could do it in this order without breaking a thread:
Example:
1. stitch across the top of the big blue square going to the right,
2. then stitch the right/top triangle,
3. then the right side of the square,
4. then the right/bottom triangle,
5. then the bottom of the square,
6. then the left/bottom triangle,
7. then the left side of the square,
8. then lastly, the left/top triangle.


Then you could go around either the inside or the outside of the brown border of each block

Then maybe you could choose to SITD the light brown squares with the connecting flowered strips in only one direction, either vertically or horizontally. I think I would go with the length of the quilt.

From there I have no idea! Hope this helps in some insane way! Can't wait to see what you decide. Good luck...you've got your work cut out for you!

Oh, and I just thought... I don't know if you use a walking foot for doing SITD, but I saw a Leah Day video where she does SITD with a free motion foot so she doesn't have to turn her quilt a lot. Just a thought.

BTW, your quilt is beeeeauuutiful!
Well it has given me some thought! This is my first time at something like this. I was proud of myself for getting it all as even as it is! Didn't think about STID when I was assembling it! I saw that video too and thought..wonder if she forgot or something as she didn't say anything about it...the walking foot for FMQ. I thought it odd to, but it worked..I wonder if there is a reason she did that or not? I did think...briefly...about FMQing it, but I am not that good at that having just learned and I want the stitching on the back to be really good as it is a solid brown back and every little stitch is going to show so I thought I'd best practice a bit more on FMQ before I do something that obvious. But thanks for the steps..... maybe I am trying to do to much.