Quilting Progress

Finally I had the Bonnie Hunter En Provence Mystery Quilt loaded.  Quite a task as I had never quilted anything this large on a frame before.  I had drawn out a pantograph design that I thought would look good.  Did the first row and ran out of bobbin thread 3/4 of the way across!  Couldn't believe it.  I then decided the pattern would be too dense and busy for this quilt, so spent a couple of hours on and off unpicking the first row! 

I decided to select a much simpler design I had used before a couple of times.  I still found the bottom bobbins didn't last long, only about a row and a half.  Rather a bother keep winding new ones and having to struggle to get to the bobbin holder in the middle of a row.  My bottom thread was obviously thicker than I have used before.  I will revert to using bottom line for my next quilt.  I was so glad when I finally finished and took the quilt off the frame.  Before I went to bed I cut 10 lengths of magenta material for the binding, and trimmed the quilt.  Not perfectly square, but near enough for me.  Still not sure what I will do with this quilt when it is finished.

Progress was seriously impeded throughout the day  by my kitten/cat Oskar.  He is now 6 months old and is still into everything....especially anything that moves.