Basting ...

Piecing the backing from shirt backs took longer than I though it would, so I didn't get a chance to do the basting until today.  It was a bit tricky as my table wasn't big enough for either the complete width or length in one go.  But it is now basted and I hope to start the quilting on Monday! 

I was trying to decide what colour thread to use for the quilting and remembered a comment made by Bonnie Hunter in her radio interview with Pat Sloan.  Bonnie was asked what thread she used on a scrap quilt of many colours/values to ensure it blended nicely and she answered  that she preferred an antique gold or grey.  So as this quilt also contains some gold toned fabric I'm using a varigated ochre/gold tone thread for the quilting - Sulky 30wt Blendables.  It isn't a thread I've used before, so I hope it stiches nicely :)