Quilting State Fair Sampler

 I'm ready to quilt my son and future daughter-in-law's quilt. It's so big that I loaded it in 2 steps. This is how it looks after just attaching one side of the backing and quilt top to the longarm. It's about 92" wide so pinning to the leaders took a while. I stopped after that and did the rest the next day.

After much consideration, I decided simpler is better with this quilt since it's so large. I thought bead board would look good in this area. Also, since there isn't a border, the sides are so stretchy with all those seams. I thought this would keep this edge nice and straight. 

I was going to do something curvy in this area but decided on these half inch lines instead. I think they look good in this odd shape. It's not a circle, square or octagon. The lines worked! I'll post more as I quilt more. Too many decisions with so many blocks!! I'm hoping it will get easier as I get going.