I had a quilting plan all laid out in a diagram. I had used random numbers to decide what went where. Everything was ready and then I started quilting. I referred to my diagram but mistakenly started quilting a flower in the top of the row of the first quarter instead of the bottom. Oh well it was random so this would just be more so. I was not as thrilled with my flower block in the 35 weight Lava so I unstitched it and used the Microquilting thread throughout. When I redid the flower I decided that I wanted to use another ruler on the diagonals. I thought is resembled a petals on leaves. When I was reorganizing my rulers I came upon my Westalee mini Baptist Fan. I thought that it quite looks like waves and would look good near the fish. I watched a video and gave it a go. I made several mistakes but I just kept going in the same pattern so I think it is still effective. That was great fun and I learned much. I am very well pleased to have this set of rulers. There are many variations that one could use. I had planned on flipping the rulers horizontally but upon further reflection I changed my mind. My quilting plan is now just a suggestion. I decided that the fabric below the fish reminded me of clam shells so I went hunting for my clamshell rulers. I decided to use Gina Perkes ' Jane and Baby Jane rulers and quilt two sizes of clamshells under the fish. I did not carefully place the rulers or properly mark as to take advantage of the registration marks on the rulers. My quilting is more free form. I managed to get about 1/3 of the quilting done. Tomorrow I need to speed up or I will not have something to post for OMG. I have until March 10th to finish this before the shower. I had better get to it.
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