jimlangland mother and daughter - Using water-soluable markers, I drew by free-hand my interpretation of a da Vinci sketch on fabric. I then long armed the quilt using an APQS Millennium and Superior Machine Quilting thread(brown) I was trying to replicate the look of very old ink which fades from black to a brownish color over many years. NOTE: As this was my first attempt at quilting I have learned many things. Most importantly is to not iron your quilt BEFORE removing the washable marker. LOL! Oh well, experience is when things do not go exactly as planned:-) I made this quilt as a gift to my wife in celebration of our fourth child's birth.(first daughter- Nellie Margaret)