Blue -

 

 

Was the next color that I wanted to stitch -

On the Noah's Ark baby quilt panel - 

 

I had already done some BLUE areas at the top of the panel - 

 

But switched to a cream color to do the basting stitches - 

 

So I re-threaded the machine with the BLUE - 

 

And stitched an "organic" line back and forth in the "sky" areas - 

 And a "zig-zag" type stitch in the blue "stripe" in the rainbow - 

And some "echoing" in the bird at the bottom -

 

Yesterday - in the comments - 

 

I was asked about the basting stitches -

 

I used cream colored thread and 6 stitches per inch -

 

You can see some in the RED area on the right in the photo below -  

 

I removed them in the BLUE areas as I came to them - 

 

They are a pain to remove - 

 

And leave big holes in the fabric that luckily get hidden by the quilting -

 

 

I had a "DUH" moment - 

 

When I realized that any area can be outlined in either of TWO colors - 

 

The "inside" one or the "outside" one - 

 

So I think that when I get to the PINK flower panel - 

 

I will try to find a light color to outline the petals in each "hooping" - 

 

Instead of basting the panel like I did on this one -

 

The petals all have a lighter outside edge - 

 

So that would save me some time - 

 

In having to remove basting stitches -

 

If I could find the "right" color - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew