Gone Quilting

The Fair and Square Quilt top has progressed to the quilting stage.

I am going to quilt straight diagonal lines through the larger solid squares as well as some more concentrated cross-hatching through those blocks pieced from the much smaller squares.

As usual I am marking lines with a Hera Marker.  A Hera Marker marks a temporary faint crease on the fabric (as pictured above - just to the right of the - - - - - line) without any messy residue.  Using a ruler I mark one or two lines at a time.  The crease lines helps take the wobble out of my stitching and is obvious enough to follow accurately.  I would be lost without it!

And the backing fabric:

Truly, after piecing overload last week, I just couldn't bear the thought of piecing a backing for this quilt.  As it happens I found this large scale print on sale at my local patchwork store.  The creamy/white background matches the solid Kona Cotton (Snow),  used for the quilt top, perfectly.
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I hope you have a happy stitching day!