"Thank you Jitterbug. I try to see the quilting as well. I am still working on my FMQ skills but it has been a long road to get there. Here is a closer up picture of some of the quilting"..........sorry couldn't get the quote function to work this morning,copy/pasted. Thanks for the close up. It helps me even more, and yes I love the look of variegated thread. I've used it in my crocheting, and look forward to it in a quilt. You mentioned long road to get there, well...I am still working on the long road of mine to courage to plunge in and just do the trying. I'm getting there much closer now, so thank you again for sharing.