Happy International Quilters Day!

I hope you're having a great quilting day.  Since the rain is pouring down here, there's no earthly reason to go outside (unless of course my wonderful mail lady delivers a package up the hill to our door).  So, it's a guilt-free quilting day, all day long, since there's crockpot chili leftovers for dinner!

Here's what I've been working on today - the free motion quilting of the first couple of blocks on the Tropical Sunrise quilt.

Finally getting the hang of quilting this motif after numerous drawing and practice attempts.  I'm absolutely loving the way this Aurifil variegated thread is picking up the hues of the surrounding batiks and warming up the black areas!  I'm using color 4150 in the 50/2 weight for the quilt top and color 2370 for the back which blends in perfectly with the more neutral gray-green and brown batik of my backing fabric.  Another photo in slightly different lighting:

This quilt is going to take awhile to complete the FMQ, good thing it has so many luscious colors to look at the entire time!  Better yet, I think there are enough leftover pieces to make another smaller lap or twin size quilt for me!

Back to the machine for another round.  Tonight will be hand quilting time on the Biblical Blocks quilt while we watch another old movie.  Last night was Fried Green Tomatoes - one of my favorites.  Hope you're having a lovely colorful quilty kind of day!