I called this one ‘Quivering Butterflies’!
I started by stitching in the ditch around each butterfly block (inside and out), around the border, then around each appliqued butterfly to stabilise the quilt. Next, I echo quilted around each butterfly, giving a quivering, shaking, scared effect š
As the floral fabric was so ‘busy’, I just did a large meandering stipple in that area, followed by a simple straight line echoing the edge of the border.
It took about 3 hours to quilt this quilt — I was able to really speed along (70% speed on my Sweet Sixteen) in the meandering stipple as I have a lot of ‘muscle memory’ for this motif.
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Threads used:
- Top: Wonderfil Deco-Bob tan thread for stitching in the ditch (80 wt, colour DB 414); Fil-Tec Glide ‘Cornflower’ (40 wt, trilobal polyester, colour 80120)
- Bottom: Fil-Tec Magna Glide Classic pre-wound bobbin (white)
Rhonda Bracey: At Random 
Like your echo quilting.
I do appreciate you taking the time to inform us of the threads you use for all the different areas…it is ever so helpful!
Once again, education plus demonstration plus illustration = win/win for us all!!! Thanx so much for another informative post……………………
WooHoo 150! Love the butterflies!