Back Basting

Hi All.

I need to figure out how to add photos, but in the meantime I thought I'd ask if anyone else was using back basting for the Rossville quilt.

I've traced all of the patterns and am working on two of them-- the first is the same block that many others have tried for their first (the lower right) and the second is the bottom inner border panel, the one with two trees.

I've found that backbasting works ok since many of the pieces are large and layering is minimal. So far, I've just appliqued the chicken beaks and feet, the horse tails, and the bird wings and tail.

Michele