I quilt along the patterns, outlining the bears, the rocks, and the clouds. The trees have quilting too, but that is more random. I think the quilt turns out looking a lot nicer than when I tried to stitch blocks together. I don’t have the patience to do fancy patterns that way. As it is, a lap quilt takes me almost three months. I do all of it by machine except for the mistake corrections, which are little repairs that require some finessing.

This particular quilt went to dad for Christmas. Really, he was cheating because I already made him a quilt. The problem is that dad saw this material for another quilt I was making. He immediately decided he *needed* one with this pattern! I still have to make him a pillow sham, but with this type of Christmas gift, you get it when it’s done…and not a moment before!