Tumbling Blocks Quilt - Modern Motif

Tumbling Blocks Quilt

My friend made this quilt and asked me to do the quilting on it.  With no particular recipient and permission to quilt what I thought would look good, I decided on a semi-custom design that included a different motif in the 3 main areas of the quilt: border, background and blocks.

Here are some test motifs on my clear plexiglass. It's my go-to tool when I want to see how a design will look on the quilt.

I felt like this top "wanted" a more modern or masculine quilting motif. A lot of times if you think "modern" you'll think of designs that work for a guy's quilt.  Pointy, straight lines and geometric shapes work well.  As you can see, I used the 2 designs on the left side of the plexiglass.

Wavy points and spiral squares

Wavy lines with points were quilted in the background and spiral squares in the squares!  You can see how I easily moved across the quilt from square to square. 

Moving across the quilt can sometimes be tricky and the less stops and starts, the better. I was able to quilt the long curves in the border, then the first set of wavy points in the background, then a row of spiral squares, then the next set of wavy points and so on.  I really love how this quilt turned out. Thanks, Susan, for letting me quilt your lovely creation!

Ready for binding