LadyLake Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 This is my next quilt job. The customer has restored an historic Victorian home, and made this quilt for her bed. It is all Jinny Beyer fabric. The block placements seem like it opens up opportunities for some nice secondary designs. Okay gals, start your creative engines and let me know what you see! TIA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted August 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 block Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Maybe a big design in each group of four blocks??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 OOOOhhhhhh, its little eyes are crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Originally posted by JustSewSimple OOOOhhhhhh, its little eyes are crossed! LOL...I just thought the same thing...right after I was admiring the pretty colors. They are definitely set in groups of four so maybe working separate design would be pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 I thought the same thing Sylvia and Oma. What an odd quilt. Very pretty colors though. I agree with Dory that you should probably find a design that incorporates the four blocks as a group. Or, you might just want to do an all-over design that is swirls or curves to give the quilt some movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnysnowden Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Sylvia and I were on the same wavelength. LOL Ginny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Yes, this is an unusual quilt that's crying to be enhanced with some pretty stitching! I would lean toward an intricate overall with enough density to overcome the "cross-eyed" effect of the block centers. What thread(s) can you use to enhance this effort? What designs? Do you want to quilt it all in bright red thread? Or maybe a dusty-red? Or go all the way purple? Actually, silver thread would be great on all of it. But is that Victorian enough? Maybe a dark gray/silver would work--thin like BottomLine or So Fine. And an intricate overall design like those meandering feathers--quick and forgiving. And Victorian! Or leaves and tendrils, very dense and scroll-y. I wouldn't recommend placing a specific design in each block--but that's me. Unless you can figure a way to re-box the elements--like making a big circle with it's center on the intersection of the four blue outside logs. A big circle there would isolate the red square and the thin logs into a pinched triangle. That might be a cool design, but you still need to fill the circle and the pinched diamond that results from the circles. Can you visualize that? I give up--the quilt wins! There-my brain is empty!:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Owls!!! Actually large circles/swirls in the Dark spaces between the eyes. Then you could have a smaller circle around the red eyes. Just went back and read Linda's comment and she recommended much the same. OOOh I am thinking in elite company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 I have a panto called "Wave on Wave" which has some swirls and feathers and is somewhat dense (but not real dense). I did it on three quilts in the past month. The first time was on a small lap with very contemporary fabrics that I pieced to practice the new panto (will use as a donation), the second was on a ciustomer's 103" X 103" Civil War reproduction fabric sampler (it took a full 18 bobbins of So Fine) and the third was a customer's JoAnn's sampler - full bed size. It is a really nice panto, if you want to consider it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.waits Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 What do I see? I see a cute, funky little robot, with crossed eyes of course, peering at it's reflection in the water! It'll be interesting to see what you do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connieb Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Originally posted by s.waits What do I see? I see a cute, funky little robot, with crossed eyes of course, peering at it's reflection in the water! It'll be interesting to see what you do with it. :P:P O.K. that made me laugh. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Good Luck on this one. I know the swirls board (Circle Lord) would look great on this one too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 You guys are so funny. I didn't notice the crossed eyes until Sylvia posted and now I see nothing else! I like the funky robot one too. I'm thinking if you did a feathered heart starting in the outside of the block that it would draw the attention away from the crossed eyes. You can't go wrong with feathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Ok. I saw the cross eyed thing to. Here's how to get rid of it. Linda hit it on the head with circles. Look at the group of 4 squares as one. See the purpleish sashing that makes the plus down the middle of the 4. Look at the center of that. Make a small circle. Now look at the "plus again".,make another circle bigger than that that goes from the 4 corners of the teal fabric. Look at the plus again, and make a bigger circle that goes from the 4 corners of the grey. Look at the plus again, making a bigger circle that goes to the 4 corners of the light fabric. Do another circle that touches the outside corners of the 4 red corners.. Keep doing this, until you've reached the outside of the "plus". Now, in circles 2, 4, 6 & 8, fill in with different fills. ..or the same..fill.. ribbons..pearls...sawtooth...etc. The design you have left on the fabric will leave you a perfect place to plop those victorian feather's in a BEAUTIFUL curved V shaped pattern! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Thanks for all your ideas and humor, especially your detailed idea, Sheri. I am playing with feathers. Will show you all when completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Photo of Blocks. This was a tough one to figure out how to quilt. It turned out fine, but in retrospect, I should have just done an overall feather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Photo of Border. The border made the quilt, I thought. I used a Sherry Rogers-Harrison idea from a class I took with her a long time ago. Used my Quiltazoid for the echoed circles, then freehanded feathers. One major thing I learned from this quilt. The customer foundation pieced it onto muslin. It was a bear to rip out mistakes, as the stitches were locked in tightly due to the three layers of fabric, plus batting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 One more photo of side view. Thanks for looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoleneK Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Turned out awesome! Love the end results and you're right the border made the quilt and tied it all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Love it! What a great idea for the quiltazoid, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchanted Quilting Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Absolutely beautiful...I like every aspect of it. Curious why you think an overall would have been a better choice?? You did a great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Wow - what a nice job of quilting. I really like the quilting, still not in love with that quilt, but you really made it sing as well as it could! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Very pretty Joan! You had a difficult task on your hands with this one, but you really made it shine. I love your quilting ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniemueller Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Wow. Nice quilting Joan. Love the feathers in the squares, radiating out the diagonals. And that border, WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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