Lib Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 As usual, I am looking for suggestions. I was going to cross hatch the attached quilt in the white areas, but after I got it loaded I decided it just was not a cross hatch type quilt. (The middle colored areas I am using my Ccircle Lord. ) Now I am standing looking at it....AAARRRGGG!!!! Just can't decide what to do. Help! Lib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Can you send another photo of what you're doing in the colored areas? The white looks like it would give you all sorts of options from stippling to feathers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Lib, why don't you treat the larger white areas with the same design you use in the stack/whack blocks? I believe the white space is the exact same size as the S/W blocks...it's just off centered. that might look cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lib Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Dory, I have to recharge my camera but I thought I would use my Circle Lord Aztec disc and make circled flowers. I had thought of stippling in the white but Shana I liked your idea. The only problem is the white is a different size. It is more retangular where the stack and wack is rounder and there is a 2 inch strip between each colored piece. I just hate it when I change my mind about what I am going to do. I can never decide what to do then! Lib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspingler Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Could you do concentric (one inside the other) diamonds to fill up the diamond areas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I think I would feather the white areas to add some more softness to the quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I'm totally with Kristina. It's screaming the feather's to soften your CL quilting in the hexagon shapes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I'll 3rd Kristina! If you don't want to do feathers do something swirly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 I agree with Kristina and Heidi and SHeri so that's a 4th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 ...and a 5th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 WOW...didn't know I was such a trendsetter! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lib Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 You guys are awesome. Thanks for all your suggestions. I think I shall do swirly as I am UTTERLY impossible with feathers. They come out all over the place and not at all even!! Lib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Feathers do NOT have to be even. Try curly-ques ones, molar feathers, what ever works for you...attached to a spine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lib Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Kristina, what is a molar feather? I do like feathers and so wish I could do them. Lib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 In the purple sections of the quilt in the thread I am giving the link for...is a great example of molar feathers. http://www.apqs.com/quiltboard/viewthread.php?tid=18565&page=1#pid218078 They are more forgiving in my mind than regular feathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lib Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Kristina, I like those. I think I shall put on my "test" sample and try them. You really are a sweetheart. Lib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliagraves Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 I too love molar feathers. They are far easier than regular feathers because: 1 - the sides of the feathers don't have to touch - I think it looks better with a little space in between 2. The molar part is not expected to be symmetrical or perfectly smooth, so it's easier to do than a traditional feather 3. The molar top part is very adaptable at filling up space. You can have it go closely up to a straight edge or even a pointy area and it fills the space more completely than a rounded feather. They also give a contemporary flair. That being said, I wouldn't use them on a very traditional quilt (Baltimore Album), but they would look great on your quilt. Kristina - Your molar feathers are great! Julia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lib Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Kristina and Julia (or any of you amazing quilters). Sorry, now I am being a nuisance. When you use molar feathers as a filler do you draw a wiggly spine first on the quilt so you know where you are going? I have been trying them on my sample piece but seem to end up boxed in. gggrrrrrrr! Lib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamarack Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Hi Lib, Wow....Kristina posted a link to my purple quilt...:cool: so I thought I would try to help you here. I marked my spine with chalk first so I had a good balance to the wave of the feather. When I first looked at your quilt I thought a flower motif in the white triangles would look nice and then a feather design like the one in my purple quilt but not the molar feather but the one above...the feather feather swirl. I don't think you have enough room to do a molar feather in your white sashing, how wide is it? A simpler one sided wavy feather in the white sashing might be better for that size. Keep practicing that molar feather though, it is a great one to be able to do and works well in a 4" to 5" border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lib Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Thank you Kathy. I was thinking along the same lines as the sashing is only 2 inch wide. I think before I use the molar feather on a customer's quilt I should practise it a little more. What I am tending towards doing is just a simple floral type stipple. That will tie in with the flower I am putting in the colored parts and also hopefully soften the hexagon shape. I do love those molar feathers though, and shall definately use them in the future. Lib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Julia...those molar feathers are not mine...nor did I intend for anybody to think so. They are Kathy's of Tamarack Shack. It was just a great quilt to show Lib...rather than trying to describe them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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