Back to quilting!

I was able to get back to quilting but just a little at a time. Daily stretchy yoga has really helped to start unwinding my shoulder enough so that I could quilt about 30 minutes a day. So these 2 quilts were on the frame about a week. Yesterday I tried an acupuncture treatment and will do a couple more. It did seem to help quite a bit but there's a ways to go before I get the knot totally undone.
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The best thing about quilting the veterans quilts is seeing the creativity of the quilt makers. This quilt was made by Margaret and she made great use of some African fabric scrap blocks.
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It's quilting pantographs that really set off my shoulder so I have to do any quilting right now from the front. For this quilt I did one of my favorite, fast overall designs. I used a variegated black and white thread and I'm not sure I did the quilt any favors with it. Chris says he likes it. Hopefully the eventual owner will like it too.

​I used the variegated because I'm making a concerted effort to use some of my unusual threads this year. I have SO MUCH THREAD and I need to try to stay away from the creams and blues and use up some of this stash.
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This quilt was made by Gwendolyn and I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. It's so unique that I had to do something different with it for the quilting and I could use lime green thread!
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Quilting this one was so much fun with a little ruler work. 
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The bonus is that I almost finished off a cone of lime green thread. I'll use the rest of this cone for basting and I still have one more big cone of lime green. What was I thinking when I bought it?

I have two more on the frame now and another 2 to get done before our meeting next Tuesday.