SO. I had this great idea to try rainbow colored variegated thread. I must have bought the wrong kind, because it was having ALL KINDS of issues in my machine. Finally I relented and decided this thread will have to be for hand sewing ONLY.
I even tried hand quilting a few blocks:
This took FOREVER! I'm just not that patient - plus, I REALLY don't have the right tools to hand quilt. I suppose I could do it if I really liked the way it looks... But I'm not completely sold. I feel like such a pessimist!
I think what I will do is get my white thread out and just do an overall meandering pattern that won't detract so much from the solid colors. Maybe I could throw in a few stars or loops. I can do a fancy pattern on some other quilt...
On another note, I made my first pieced backs! I was very much set on using fabric I had ON HAND for these quilts. I didn't have much white left, so I supplemented with the cheapo fabric I used to make my classroom's chair pockets several years ago. This stuff has gone a long way for me! It was kind of fun to work on the backs. It was a good chance for me to experiment. The whole thing was pretty improv. I just kept adding more until I filled the space that I needed to fill.
The pictures might look a little funny - I laid them on top of my quilt tops to make sure they were bit enough. I kinda like them!
