Falling Leaves Suggestions for Quilting Please

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I finished a Falling Leaves quilt made of black and batik and have no idea what quilting would look nice on it.
I'm not very good at FMQ but am willing to try, and I'm also so-so at stitching in the ditch.

Any suggestions about how to quilt this? Thanks so very much for any ideas.

[bhaggerty]

Re: Falling Leaves Suggestions for Quilting Please

Picture please? Would love to see it before any recs!

[happygram]

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Batik Falling Leaves.jpg

This, I hope, is the quilt.

[starlover]

Re: Falling Leaves Suggestions for Quilting Please

Diagonal lines crisscrossing each other might look nice, with a variegated thread?

[Jean Sewing Machine]

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I used an all over meander for mine using ths pattern.

[happygram]

Re: Falling Leaves Suggestions for Quilting Please

Thanks for the ideas about quilting; now...

What color would you use to quilot?

Thank you in advance.

[Vonnie]

Re: Falling Leaves Suggestions for Quilting Please

Your quilt top is very beautiful and those colors are striking!

I think quilting like stairs would be neat. Start in that first pretty pink square and quilt 3/4 the way across the pink square then go straight down to the next block till half way point then go straight right. The the same way with the black areas, think stairs. Use a pretty bright variegated thread. Maybe even using the serpentine stitch (looks like a wavy line) that way it won't be so hard to keep a straight line.

[happygram]

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Would quilting "like stairs" be done inside of the bright colors?

I'm trying to picture this.

[JCY]

Re: Falling Leaves Suggestions for Quilting Please

I was going to suggest variegated thread, too. Superior's King Tut is the best quality, in my opinion. I think something more showy than SITD would be nice. Look at some of Leah Day's tutorials for ideas. Be sure to use a Top Stitch 90-14 needle. I love the brightly colored batiks. JCY

[Sasha Anzures]

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LOVE YOUR QUILT!!!!

[RoseMA]

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Oh that is beautiful. I love the colors.

[happygram]

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Thanks for the ideas. I just ordered some variegated King Tut thread and will hope for the best. If I'm not too embarrassed, I'll post a picture.