The next one -

 

 

To be quilted is this one - 

 

I call it "Ladies" - 

And it goes back a long way -

 

All the way back to April 2011 - HERE -

 

 

That little patch on the bottom right is a scrap that I can use to check the tension without actually sewing on the quilt top (I learned that trick somewhere along the line - but it's been so long ago - I forget where - sorry)

 

I started with the vertical row of squares in the bottom right section - 

 

And chose a red thread - same as the ditch quilting -

 

And - believe it or not - it blends right in - 

 

 

It shows up on the black, of course - 

 

But not that much on the pink batik - 

 

Then I stitched the wonky 9-patches near the center - 

I did swirls in the light pink/orange patches - 

And a funky square-ish spiral in the purple ones - 

The swirls are not great - but fill the space - so I'll leave them as is - 

But I didn't like the spirals - so I "un-sewed" them - 

And will stitch something else in those patches tomorrow -

I stitched Lazy 8's or Wishbones in the long rectangle - 

But I didn't like them either - so I "un-sewed" them, too - 

Tomorrow I'll redo them and try to get them smaller and closer together - 

 

This is one of my favorite quilt tops - 

Definitely "improv" - LOL - 

And I've been hesitant to try to Free-Motion quilt it - 

But now is as good a time as any - 

I might as well - 

Just Do It - LOL - ;))

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -