Pemi IV - machine quilted

This is the piece that began as silk roving. I finally got up the guts to free-motion quilt it. Not that I'm chicken or anything, but it's been awhile since I've done this and I wasn't quite sure where to begin. Once I started, it was a piece of cake.

There's two different areas - three or four sections are covered in tulle; this is supposed to represent islands in the river. The river is quilted using Superior Rainbows; the islands with Madeira FS/2. Here's a couple of detail shots:

I don't think you can tell the difference in the pictures.

If this was a high-res image (well, it is, but I scaled it way down to speed up download time) you'd be able to see the royal blue stitching vs. the multi-colored yellow/blue/green stitching. The royal blue areas are the islands.

If you click here, you can see the high-res image. *warning* it may take a while to see depending on the speed of your internet connection. What's next? No hand stitching. But probably beads on the islands.