April UFO--done!

I was so ecstatic that I was able to finish quilting Word To Live By before I left for quilt camp. It's a huge quilt--well, bigger than what I usually have on my HQ16 frame.  

It finally dawned on me that our guild quilt show will be happening in about six weeks and two of the five quilts I have registered aren't finished--time to put the pedal to metal!

I have to confess that my quilting plan was insprired by Linda Hrcka of the Quilted Pineapple. Obviously, my quilting is much more simplistic as I don't have a tenth of Linda's skill set. 

I used a bamboo batting--50% bamboo fiber/50 % organic cotton that I had purchased at Joann's several years ago. It seems to have a nice drape to it, but as I was quilting, long silky fibers seemed to cling to the quilting thread and collect on the top. I probably won't use it again,--at least not on a quilt with a lot of black areas!  
I used all 50 wt. cotton Aurifil threads:
Black #2692, Dark Red #1103 and Tan # 2325

And this is the only time I will let anyone see the back of the quilt--backtracking is not my forte--yikes!
By the way, the original Words to Live By, designed by Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings and quilted by Linda Hrcka just won second place in Paducah for longarm bed quilt--well deserved!
Linking with A Lovely Year of Finishes and WIP's on Wednesday 
and Needle and Thread Thursday