Yesterday was my day off but most of it was spent cleaning house. I will spare you pictures of that! I also finally settled on batting for the BB. This is what I bought:

She preferred a poly batt and this was recommended by several long arm quilters. It is thin but dense. I think she wanted a poofier batting but my only other local option was Mountain Mist. If you look a bit online, this is not well liked among machine quilters. I got the beast loaded and ready to quilt.

BTW, I had my MIL re-measure her mattress, including the depth, and it seems that her king size mattress is on the smallish side. This is great news for me if you remember my backing dilemma. I ended up just taking off the side borders to make the top fit the back.

This is the pantograph I plan to use.

It is called Starstruck and is by Meadowlyon Designs. I work until 9 tonight so I probably won’t get anything done today, except wind a few bobbins.

Today, I am linking up with Connie at Free Motion By The River.

Also, if you like little handpiecing projects, scroll down for my mini bow tie giveaway a few posts back. I will pick a winner (?), tomorrow morning.