Machine quilting just for fun

May I recommend a very good book? The crib quilt nearly finished here is alternating rows of cowboy boots and horizontal rows of just plain solid. The solid insisted that it needed something besides mindless meandering. I remembered that I had picked up Laura Lee Fritz's book 'Creative Classics' at a quilt show but had never played with it. Many of her designs are a lot harder than I'm willing to try but quite a few are okay for half a mind. Her section on Flaunting the Feathers was easy and looks wonderful. I need to use a Crayola washable pen to establish the placing of the feathers' spines, never got confident enough to try feathers without it. There's not been a problem with the Crayola pens washing out but you would want to be sure not to touch them with a hot iron. Don't know why anyone would ever need to iron a quilted quilt but you never know. Maybe I've read too many stupid safety warnings lately. Anyhow. Laura Lee Fritz has two other books; one on appliqué and another MQ titled Mindful Meandering. Check them out when you can. Polly