Southwind Inspirations

One of my favorite new patterns is my frog pattern, which will be released this October just as soon as the covers are printed. The frogs have been hatching all summer and the quilt has finally made it to the quilting stage. After layering, pin-basting and otherwise getting the quilt ready I was trying to come up with an interesting quilting design. I decided to frame an orphan block, using the same fabrics I used for the setting of the original quilt, to practice some of my quilting ideas on a single block.  First I used my walking foot and with a light grey thread stitched around each frog block. In the blue background I quilted a random circle design which could either represent pebbles on the bottom of the lake or bubbles in the water.  I quilted the bubbles in random sizes and shapes, some are oval, some round, and some are connected with multiple lines. I wanted to come up with just the right quilting design for the frog background and of course the frogs themse...