Next step in Anise Quilt

After abandoning my idea of using my Bernina embroidery module to quilt, I went ahead and quilted my Anise Star art quilt freehand. Here is a glimpse of how it is turning out.

I plan to now add the beaded stars that I was playing with a few weeks ago. I also played with gluing some of the actual anise star seed pods to the quilt using some bead glue. That also seems to work .

What is also interesting is that I brought it in to show my friends at the Bobbin Case last week.  As I was paying for some thread I was picking up, I had the piece rolled inwards and laying on the counter.  The owner of the shop, Linda Fellows, and I both simultaneously noticed the backside of the piece. The quilting pattern looked really attractive. I think I will have to recreate my design in another piece using contrasting thread on the front!

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