I released a digital pantograph called Plus last summer (shown in the next image). Leading up to the release, I debated about which orientation to use for the little plusses because I was going back and forth between the up-and-down orientation of Plus and the diagonal orientation of today's release. I ended up deciding that they were different enough that instead of either/or, we could have both! The right time—or rather quilt top—came along, and I thought the diagonal version would look great on it, so here we are today.

Plus:

More on the quilt top in a minute, but the 45º angles of the star patchwork in this quilt was what made me think Cross-Stitched would be a good fit for the quilting.
 


The small-scale of the pantograph design lends itself well to creating a texture-rich backdrop. There have been a number of times when I look at the effect of the quilting, and my brain wants to think that circles are part of the design, even though they aren't. I also pick up subl...