I made this quilt in 2003 (yep, I labeled it.) I sprinkled it with batiks that added so much character to the quilt, I really loved it. Now for the bad news. The batiks have deteriorated along the stitching lines, one photo shows it along the machine piecing line, the other along the hand quilting line. This is only happening to the batiks fabrics. All fabrics for this quilt were bought new in 2002/3 from my local quilting shop to make this quilt. This is when I was new to quilting and did not have a "stash". I am very leery of those beautiful gems now. The good news is I have some of the fabric in my stash and I plan to restore this quilt by switching out those squares with the same fabric or another from the collection.