Two steps forward and one step back

Or is it one step forward and two steps back?  That's kind of what it felt like today.  My step forward was finishing the border on the Chicken Buffet quilt.  I decided to try the wide cross hatch and it worked out pretty good - would have been a little easier if I had remembered to put extensions onto the sides since I messed up and cut the backing too narrow.  But the quilting is done and I'm happy with it...

 other than the problem on the back that I'm praying will go away SOON.

This is NOT a good pic ( the fabric is a deep black - just like on the front)... I'm not sure why it came out this way, but you can still see how white the stitching looks... and I used black thread... the only thing I can figure out is that the batting is coming through - bearding!!  that's the word!...

Ok, now for the step ( or two) backwards...  I loaded the backing for the next quilt - this one is the Bathing Bovines? ( my memory is getting so bad)... and it's another black, but not solid, it has white pin dots that I thought would go great with the checkerboard strips.  Realized once I saw it again that I don't need black batting for this one since the top has a LOT of white.  

Ok, got the backing & batting all set up... went to lay down the top so that I could baste across the top and it wouldn't lay flat... I've got waves despite the fact that I measured before cutting the borders... sigh.  So now, I've got to get my steam iron out and see if I can steam it into submission - tomorrow.

This one could be fun to do... I'm going to be using several different color threads - something I don't do very often - I usually feel safer using only one color.  That just won't work with this quilt top.

Just looked around... it looks like Buddy decided not to wait on me to go to bed... hope he's warming up MY side  lol.

Take care...

TTYL