EHonour Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 I'm new enough at this that I'm not shy to ask for ideas. Here's the quilt top that my wife finished: I'm stuck a bit on the big flowers. I have outlined them and highlighted some of their major features, but that leaves a lot of open space around each flower, out to the surrounding SID on the sashing. Any ideas for what to do with that open space, or even if it is useful to fill it? You can see what I've done with the red border, so I'm not looking to fill the quilt with high density. The plan in the big flower panel is again to outline the major flowers and leaves, then to fill the background with a whorled echoing, larger at the top and smaller at bottom (under the grasses). (Oops. This image ended up upside down...) Thanks in advance for any help! Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie in Ok Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Look for background filler ideas. Doodle with a sheet of acrylic over your block with a dry erase marker till you find something that seems to work for the flower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferBernard Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 I would follow the motion of the colors behind the flowers with a side to side meander. Kind of like a flattened basic meander or water ripples. Then on the big flower grouping I would follow the colors vertically, almost like sun rays but slightly wavey. I do like that fabric and how it is put together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamu Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Perhaps echo around the flowers about three times and then leave it since you don't want heavy background quilting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnt9999 Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 I'm with Jennifer. Do an open side to side movement following the fabric. This will enhance the background fabric. Match your thread to the background and it will blend in and give texture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHonour Posted June 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 These are all great ideas. Thanks to all. I'll use Bonnie's idea to try out the others and see which idea we like best! I'll show it again when it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Check out Andrea Brokenshire's work, she does beautiful floral work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHonour Posted June 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Check out Andrea Brokenshire's work, she does beautiful floral work! Thanks for the suggestion, but I've done a search both for "Andrea" and "brokenshire" and I don't get any success to find her. What is her handle here? I'd like to see her work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Thanks for the suggestion, but I've done a search both for "Andrea" and "brokenshire" and I don't get any success to find her. What is her handle here? I'd like to see her work! Here is her website. If your on FB she has a FB page as well. Her work is amazing! http://ambfiberartanddesign.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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