Hand quilting finished!

I'm so happy with this "quilt".  It doesn't have batting, so I feel weird calling it a quilt; it does have three layers, but the middle layer is muslin.

I love it!

I like the backing nearly as much as the top.

I'm not finished yet, of course.  Ive still got the binding to go.  Not sure when that's going to happen though, because I put hand quilting cotton in my machine and now the tension is buggered!

Stay tuned!

Liberated Log Cabin - progress

Remember this quilt?

Well, I started quilting it last night...

My plan is to cross hatch the whole thing, using royal blue Perle cotton no 8 in the dark areas and maybe pink or yellow in the light areas.

The only problem is, the logs are liberated, so I think I want the quilting to be "unliberated", if you know what I mean.  I mean, I want the quilting to be as neat as possible.

The quilting lines are about one inch apart, but they are pretty uneven looking.  I found it quite stressful as I was quilting, trying to keep the lines straight just by eye.  I think if I mark the quilt with straight lines it will take all of the worry out of the project.

Any suggestions for what to use to mark my quilt?