Quilting and unquilting...

I started quilting the new sampler quilt that I finished the other day. This is the quilt with all solid fabrics.

 I had a hard time deciding what thread to quilt it with. I was afraid that black would show up too much on the colors, but that any other color would show up on the black. I can't free motion quilt around the design because I don't have front controls, so I use the same thread throughout. I ended up choosing Signature brand Shadows because it has black, lots of greys and even some lavender and green. You don't notice the lavender and green, but they blend well. So I hope it doesn't stand out too much.

Things were going along just fine...or so I thought...until I wound it up to start a new row and saw loose stitches. Not sure what happened, but they were off and on throughout the whole row. So I started unquilting...not my favorite part of quilting. Luckily the row before and after were fine.

Here are the first couple rows. I forget how many rows I had done before I stopped to unpick. I like to use the variegated threads because I want the quilting thread to blend with the fabrics used. I love the quilting, but I don't want it to take over.