Getting Secured

So I now have the quilt sandwich ready to start quilting. I still pin my quilts so my first task is to secure with monofilament the areas I will be working in...for now the fox, the sliding clumps of snow, and the tree limb area. I'll work on the bottom section of drifting snow later. The outside contour and the legs of the fox have been secured. His body looks a lot more puffy now than when I get him finished. It's going to be okay, really!

I secure the eyes, ears, nose, mouth.

then, working outward from center, I secure snowy slush / clumps, etc.

That gets the pins out of the way and I'm ready to actually do some quilting.