Modified Mola design from class by Alice Ridge

I have a small zippered pouch with a Mola design from South America that I really like because it is so colorful. So I took a class to make a simplified Mola design using felt and flannel without the hand turned applique. I started the hand stitching using pearle cotton thread. Well – I have good intentions to finish handwork but it doesn’t always happen. So I did about 2 rounds of echo stitching using hand stitching and put the project away in one of my UFO boxes. Today I was watching a youtube video using the Roller foot (Bernina foot #55) to echo quilt around applique. I thought the Mola project would be great to practice using the Roller foot. Added bonus – I could complete the project in less time and finish another UFO. I added a piece of cotton batting between the felt front and back. I tried using one of the quilting stitches on my machine that looks like hand quilting but the top thread was not thick enough. So I switched to the triple stitch and used the Roller foot. Great fun and easy to echo stitch with the feed dogs up. I also used the pattern begin function when I stopped to make turns while echo quilting. I added the binding and it was done. Keep having fun sewing and quilting. Donna