How nice!

Depending on your batting, you might not need more than stitch in the ditch quilting. But I do think a quilting design with curves would add a lot to the overall look. Curves will soften all those angles.

Maybe a clam shell, or Baptist fan all-over type pattern. Or you could do a double chain link pattern in each rectangle. (See link, #103 is what I have in mind). Something like this could be done continuously and easily adapted to each rectangle space.

Have you considered thread color?

Here is a link that might be useful: Look at #103

Wow, that is a very dramatic, stunning quilt. Very nice work.

I know nothing about hand quilting. I didn't even know that SITD worked with hand quilting. If you wanted to stay with straight lines, maybe diagonal quilting would be cool with such a bold pattern.

I really like your quilt.

Really like your quilt design! I would consider curves as well if you want to soften the angles. Have you consider a special motif in the white squares?
Depending on your taste, some modern straight line quilting would accent this design as well.
Thanks for sharing!
V.

Straight lines are much easier to quilt by hand, but I'd like to maybe try a free hand loop all over. Would probably soften all those straight lines. It is for a man, no can't have anything too flowery. Do you think a variagated grey thread would look ok ?

That's beautiful,love everything about it.
Kathi

I really like your quilt. As to hand quilting in the ditch I will state from experience it is not an easy task to do. I am working on doing that right now and wish I hadn't. Were I to do it over I would machine SITD instead. By hand it doesn't show and is very difficult to do. I think a pattern in the rec. would be very attractive and you would like it better if you are hand quilting.

Hi, I've been MIA for a while and I just checked in and found your post. Great quilt!

I started doodling, but I didn't come up with anything that I really liked. I'll show you my "rough draft" ideas but hopefully I'll have some better ideas in the next day or so. I thought I'd prefer something round, but I find that I actually like the linear designs better - the purple or green ones on my sketch. In any case, I'll play some more and see what happens. (And I'm not suggesting quilting all of these designs, I'd pick one design and repeat it over the entire quilt, I just drew them on the same photo for simplicity.)

Here is a link that might be useful:

I have a few more sketches, but still I'm not really happy with any of them. Maybe showing them will give you or someone else a better idea.

I like the linear option, but I'm guessing that continuous line would be much easier.

I think this blue one is my favorite so far. I would quilt it as a continuous line. Essentially a wavy cross hatch on the diagonal. I like how the intersections in the white make circles. The reason I'm not thrilled with this is I think it would be more interesting to come up with a quilt design that emphasizes the piecing and I feel like this design is sort of laid on top, rather than really incorporating the piecing design. I'll keep thinking...

So far, I like the white, green and yellow doodles the best. I don't think there would be enough quilting in the blue one. Just got back from Punta Cana yesterday, so was away for a week with no internet. Thanks. Lola.

I'm partial to the yellow diagonal design for this quilt, seems to fit the man theme for me.
I really like the design of this quilt...'nother for the project list!
V.

Here is another thought, you could emphasize the basket weave like pattern that the piecing makes by quilting the horizontal rectangles with one pattern and the vertical rectangles with a different pattern. So far, I'm still not happy with my doodling. I'm showing you this thought because maybe this will inspire you or someone else to come up with a better idea! I think I like the diamonds better than the curves...

Your diamond shape gave me this idea. Don't know how to doodle on the quilt very well, so this is the best I could do with shapes. Kind of an echoing idea.... I thought it would provide more quilting to hold it together since the rectangles are approx. 4" X 8.5"

I like the diamond (blue) design as well... Still like the yellow or orange drawing with the circles in the squares.
V.

Did a little more doodling. What do you think about the 3 diamonds overlapping, or the black diamond/square ?

Oooh, you have a lot of good ideas. I think any of them will look good. If I had to pick one, I'd probably go with your three diamonds overlapping.

I'm sure which ever design you choose will look fantastic with your quilting!

Remember this one ....? I finally finished it and gave it to my Brother for Xmas.

Just did very simple straight lines quilting. I guess I should have chosen a different color thread, as you don't see much of the light grey I used, unless up close.

Beautiful!!!

That is a stunning quilt and out of all the designs suggested, you chose the right one,,your own. It is the perfect solution.
Theresa

Your quilting works perfect with this design...love the quilt...very nice!

WOW! That turned out just beautifully. I actually like the simplicity of your quilting designs - it doesn't overpower the quilt.

Sue

Dramatic and beautiful. I think the quilting design was a perfect choice.

Wonderful! Great decisions and execution too!
LindaB/CA

Beautiful quilt!

Wonderful - love the colors. Did you do the quilting by hand?

Thanks for all the nice comments. Yes, meanom, I did quilt it by hand.