StitchinRN Christina is College Bound - I recently took a class from J. Michelle Watts. She taught us to draw, cut and make our own stencils then to use paintsticks to apply the stenciled pattern to the fabric. I had a ball. Since my granddaughter has just graduated from high school and is heading to Arizona State University, this was a perfect time to use the technique learned. So I set out to produce the "Sparky" mascot into a quilt. I was able to draw the sparky, from another picture. Then made the stencil. I used paintsticks for his body, then used the sewing machines decorative stictching features to completely fill in the pitchfork, and his face. It was fun and I was very proud of the final result. This is a reversible quilt, I used the Cotton Theory to quilt it, one side is done in the rail fence pattern 12" finished blocks intersperesed with solid maroon or gold 12" blocks. The other side is made of simple 12" blocks of alternating colors. Sparky is placed prominently in the middle.