This is something I made for our school's benefit auction next month. I had fun working with black for the 1st time, and seeing the variegated treads pop out on the border. I handquilted around the blocks with black on black. I created a sun design on the center of it, then bobbin painted Ricky Tim's Razzle Dazzle thread on the design to make it stand out, because the original thread got lost.
a close-up view of the border
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the sun in the center
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