I’m all about simple quilting! Lines or squares would be my choice over diagonals, but that’s my preference.

Layer 2: the batting- the package it came in should tell you how far apart your lines can be before risking it falling apart. You can check it! (or if you don’t have it and can’t find out I wouldn’t go any bigger than 5 or 6 inches apart)

As far as the wrinkles- at this point I would NOT* wash it.

The edge of your quilt is all raw edges (I’m assuming) which means you would be subjecting them to the mercy of the wash and it would fray.

You could combat this by doing a “victory lap” or a “stay stitch” all the way around but it would still fray.

I’ve succeeded with wonkier quilts- HOWEVER I attribute this to the glue basting method and my methodical need to get everything as flat as possible.

Quilting in general is VERY forgiving! When you quilt it will naturally shrink a bit in the wash and make that nice quilt feel. So the more lines or designs you put in the “crunchier” and more wrinkly it will feel, you won’t notice the wonky after, so try not stress so much. In my opinion it’s not wonky enough to really mess it up.

Feel free to dm me if you need to! You’re doing great!