Look what just arrived.

[tdiggs]

Looking good. I'd pick the plain black, but I'm just a plain kind of guy. I will be staying tuned to see the outcome.

[WarEagle26]

Looking great so far! Can't wait to seem more pictures of the process and the finished product!

[southern9]

I vote for the swirly pattern trim. Why not? It will make a fun and interesting quilt. I would not worry about resale. A warm quilt with rainbows and unicorn farts would sell on this forum!

[genixia]

Not really happy with any of those. Spiderweb, too white and bright. Swirly, girly. Orange, not a close enough match to the argon orange. Black is boring.

So I went back to Michaels and found...

[genixia]

[XTrekker]

Nice, I love it....Great find....Keep the pics coming.

[tdiggs]

You'll attract spiders into your quilt with those webbings! Don't ya know..

[WarEagle26]

Love the ribbon choice! Will definitely be a one of a kind when you're done with it!

[MDSH]

Wow, you're zipping right along!

Looks great!

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[dimjim]

I've got the UQ outer shell measured, cut and baffles infected with thread. What do you mark this stuff with? Nothing I had would put a line on it, and I didn't want to use a permanent marker because I think you'd be able to see it through the fabric. I ended up just pinning the baffles in the correct place and stitching 1/4" from the baffle edge. The first couple of baffles aren't very straight because this thread injection stuff is still new to me and I hadn't worked out how to feed the material through the machine efficiently. They took forever and pins were dropping out. By the time I got to the other end I had it sorted though, the last 3 only took about a minute or so each and are quite straight. Not LostBiker straight, but I'm pleased enough with them.

You know what you need? It's called a Ceramic pencil. It's a special mechanical pencil which had ceramic lead that will mark on fabric. My mom is a quilter and just helped me with 2 under-quilts and that darn pencil ROCKED! I messed up marking a couple baffle lines and I just took a damp washcloth and wiped them off with light-med pressure. Chalk would have not worked at all as it never would have made it to the sewing machine, and I had the same worry as you with permanent marker or grease pencil about it showing through the final product. Looks like Sewline makes one - and you can get different colored leads as well to contrast with your fabric. White worked great for me on black/grey, hunter green, and even a medium tan. This pencil, a large table, and the right sized Omnigrid with the neon-green contrast markings saved my first quilting experience