Originally Posted by L8quilter
The whole quilt is great! Love the batiks for the fish applique's and the bears. Looks like they have a furry fabric. What really caught my eye was the machine quilting. I am just beginning to try my hand at FMQing. I have done some stippling. Yesterday I tried doing some swirls and curly loops. How do you decide what to put where? Are there any quidelines?
I am really new to quilting and deciding what pattern to quilt is hard for me. I got "Machine Freehand Patterns" by Nan Moore. It has helped a lot. I don't try to do anything except meandering without drawing the design on.
The borders have a clover design and the middle has leaves, flowers and butterflies.
The bears are made from Connecting Threads Mirage fabric. It was on sale for about $3.00 a yard. The dark colors of Mirage have kind of a velvet look, I think.