Denise's 50th birthday quilt!

I finished Dee's quilt and I love it. It is another of Marge Gordon's patterns from my retreat last October. The darn thing came out a little small but should work for a lap or back of the couch. The quilt presented a quilting challenge for me. One of the intersections of the blocks the was repeated many times had eight fabrics coming together. I was concerned with my needle breaking or slipping off the bump etc... I came up with another option and I think it works well. Instead of corner to corner stitching I moved over one strip on each side. When I did this in each direction the result was a design that mimicked the other blocks I this top that already form a small square in each of their centers. Not sure how it will show up but here is the picture. P.S. Dee will love these colors!!!