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I like quilting to have feature shapes in a design, with boring fill in patterns to fill the background, similar to the way pieced and applique designs are usually separated by a contrast background fabric.

The background filler in the second deign I would do with a thread matching the background, while the more decorative shapes would be in a contrast colour.

The design above is the last in this project series which was started a long time ago, and one day I should make myself start a new, and better, project with the same theme.

A puzzle for today …. find the lines which should be changed. I love the overall design, but have noticed a few of the lines based on pieced blocks which are not quite the way I intended them to be.

This is an old project file, and was done before I had access to wide fabrics, so added a small border to cover up some of the joins I would have to include to get a king size quilt.

I use a lot of background quilting on applique and pieced blocks to fill in spaces around the design, but I also often use plain background for some blocks, and those are quilted with the lines of applique designs.

The cross hatching in these designs is what I use as a filler around applique, but I have left out the applique and only quilted the lines of the applique designs.

This is what the back of an applique quilt would look like, and as I love looking at the backs of quilts why not forget the applique and pieced tops ...

I love it!

Love the second too, and love the both thread colours as well as the quilting designs.