I have finished the quilt top and backing and took it to be long-armed. I am thinking my choice of black thread may be an error.
After I finished piecing it, I found more black background fabrics, naturally. Furthermore, I thought I used the last of the oranges fabric in this, as I was wishing I had more of it. Turns out I spied a scrap of the oranges fabric in my scrap bin, after I took the top to be long-armed. Such is the way of things in a busy quilt studio. There are polar bears in there, and I took that chunk of fabric and put it in my bag to be donated. Later, I took all the black fabrics out of my cupboard and sorted and refolded them. I found more polar bear fabric! What??? But, I am excited to get it finished!I had sorted all the black-backed fabrics into one box. I have put all these fabrics back into my stash and broke the box down and placed it in the recycling. One box out of my quilt studio!