Japanese Jigsaw Puzzle

I had this wall quilt for a while, just waiting for me to quilt it. When I first finished it I had no idea of how I would quilt it. But when talk of the CL challenge began I finally knew how this quilt had to be quilted. Piano Keys in the border (using the CL Tiles template) and Diamonds (using the CL Diamonds template).

I will post more pics when I get a chance to take some of the quilt outside in the day light.

This quilt had a lot of first for me. It was the first time I used the Tiles template (was so easy to use, will use alot in the future). First time using the Diamonds template (can't wait to use it in a border). The first time I used 2 battings (used warm and natural and Hobb's polydown) I was looking to give the quilting more definition, and boy did it. I can see why so many use 2 bats especially when enter quilts in shows. I also used "Sanford Verithin" drawing pencil #734/Blanc and a fabric eraser to help with marking the placement of the border. I bought the fabric eraser years ago but never used it. Let me just say this...it is so much better than messing with all that chalk/pounce pads and dry erase markers. I bet it would be pretty good with stencils too. I also use the #753 metalic silver pencil as well when I have marked 1/2 sq triangles for piecing. You can get the pencils at any art supply store.

I had a lot of fun quilting this quilt, learned alot (like I need to measure better for marking piano key borders...I hate math :0( so they come out evenly spaced without being able to detect where I fudged/stretched the keys).