Sweet Hubby's Quilt

I thought I would show you a picture of Sweet Hubby's quilt today, since I have nothing new to show. I promise....new stuff soon. This was a Thimbleberries pattern and I was disappointed with how it turned out. In the book, it showed this really cool pattern, almost like a lattace. I used the same color values in the same places, but all I see is 2 alternating blocks. If I squint my eyes and really look for the lattace, I can find it for a second and then it is gone again. Even with the above picture, if I squint, there it is! Try it. Do you see the lattace? Oh well, he likes it. This was also made during my "I think I can machine quilt in the ditch" phase. Well I can't! I machine quilted this and was so unhappy with it I hand quilted a motif in all of the square in a square blocks. If you click on the photo you can see the motif. It made the quilt "passable" to me. There is a definate talent to machine quilting, and let me tell you, if you do not have it, it can be a disaster! I did machine quilt (in the ditch) 4" squares made up into cover ups for my neices and nephew. Those turned out ok. It took me a while to get these pics for you as I had a camera hound in the way!