A little fullness in the border is common and easily absorbed when quilting. One of the best patterns to work in fullness I find is a curling or meandering loop. Yet I did not want to use that here all over the quilt. So I got out my doodle pad and looked to the paisley fabric for inspiration. This is what I came up with.
The swirl of the paisley with a coxcomb of sorts....rather than a regular swirl. I varied the size and direction of these swirly things. It is filling in nicely so far.
I am using a butter yellow thread for this one.....to make it easier to see what I am doing. Once I finish this one up, I can move on to having some fun.
Fun...... Like the bow tie blocks. Dana mentioned that she saw more color wash going on......it could be. Anyway, I just switched a few around to play with the layout and see what might happen. I'm not sure if I will do a directional design or throw in the circle layout.
I ventured out today out of necessity....food! It was 32 degrees when I left, and 27 degrees when I returned. That front and moisture is approaching bringing some freezing mist with it. Yet never fear, it will be 60 degrees by next weekend :) That sounds really good to me.
Break time is over.....happy stitching.
7 comments:
Thank you for the border inspiration. Yep. I think I may be seeing a bit of early colorwash technique too!
We are at 27 here in IL also. It never made it up to 33 like they promised.
I like your bow ties. There are lots of fun layouts with them too.
Thank you for sharing the motif. I ventured out today, too - but we were -2. We are suppose to jump to the 50's - I'm going to stand out in the heat wave!
I like that design, not only is it pretty it looks like it would be fun to do. I'm always looking for colorwash in your quilts since I love them so much :)
Love your quilting design - great inspiration for me! Keep warm and dry. ~Jeanne
What a pretty quilting design you created!
Oh, yeah--the colorwash comes through loud and clear in the current arrangement. : )
Lovely quilting design you came up with there. Temperature wise here in Auckland, New Zealand we too are at 27 degrees - but Centigrade! Hs been up to 30 degrees.
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