CHRISTMAS 2011 STOCKING, part 5
How to quilt? I pin my fabric to the batting. I decide to quilt the top to the batting with nothing behind. I try it out. It works fine. I will choose a lining later and put it in last. I am a novice at machine quilting. Should I try random circles?
Interesting effect but it does not really become a background. You can see the plaid really is not plaid. Maybe straight lines will will disappear yet bring a little dimension to the stocking.
Not bad. I will try just vertical lines and look at the effect before I cross-hatch them.
I decided to make a binder cover. I looked in my stash for a piece of fabric big enough but not one I had emotional attachments to. It is hard to throw out a ruined project when it is made of lovely fabric. After I got going on this, I realized if I made it too small to fit the notebook, I could always turn it into place mats! I picked this cheery hot peppers fabric from deeeeeeeep in my stash and quilted it up. I did not put a backing on it when I quilted it. I just used the peppers and the batting. 
Also,
I was out of 407 spray adhesive so I just held on to it the best I
could. I made a wonderful discovery. The fabric really pouched up
inside the quilting lines and even though I used a very thin quilt
batting, it looks quite substantial! I used the pebble quilting design
but on these hot peppers, I call it SELTZER BUBBLES. 
