Sweatshirt Makeover

       I've been working more on the sweatshirt makeover that I started in Kathy Howards's class, early March. I want to finish it so I can enter it in the Seven Sisters Quilt Show in San Luis Obispo, which means it needs to be done by early June.  Today I was machine quilting the back. All the quilting should be done while the garment can be laid flat, 

which of course makes it a whole lot easier.

I was having such a hard time finding an appropriate erasable marker that would show up on this piece so I could see where I was quilting.  The ones I have are white or blue, which are the same colors as the back of this jacket. It's very frustrating

 when you can't see where you're suppose to be quilting. I tried my new Bohin pencil set I bought recently but the chalk pieces kept breaking on the linen fabric with hardly any pressure.

If you have a favorite brand of marking tool for machine quilting, please leave me a comment below. I've been using the chalk pencils by Clover, but would like something darker for use on lighter pieces. I have heard mixed comments on the Pilot Flexion Pens that some quilters are using. I did find a Dritz purple marker that so far is showing up, but it disappears in 48 to 72 hours.

On a happier note, Lesotho Pink Ice-plant ground cover in our front yard

 is just stunning right now because of all the rain we've received this year. The color of it is so similar to the color in my jacket above. Go figure!