Reverse Appliqué Quilt in Process

Teaching has been keeping me way too busy lately, as it does. Haven't had much time to do my own work, but made a little progress on my reverse appliqué piece. I basted together all four layers of fabric. Then I drew my design on tracing paper which I pinned to the quilt. Next, I carefully stitched through all the layers on the machine. Later in the week, I removed the tissue paper and next I will be cutting through the top layer to reveal other fabrics.

Did a little practice on this piece prior to the above to make sure I'd be able to tear off all the tissue paper.