dianne Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Hi everyone, First time on the new forum so I hope the picture up loads......i have these very dark green (hand dyed I am told) squares and triangles surrounding these embroidered flower baskets.....i am a bit worried about fabric bleeding - this quilt top is over 20 years old......and did I mention that the embroidery has been "backed" with light interfacing? My plan so far - SID around white blocks, stipple around and inside embroidery and that's as far as I got...I was thinking about curved cross hatching in the squares to continue the basket theme but what how do you work with the setting triangles to keep things looking consistent? Does anyone have any thoughts or have you done something like this before.... thanks dianne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchanted Quilting Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 I have done feathered wreaths in the squares with half wreathes in the setting blocks. Lots of fun space to do you quilting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 I do like Charlotte does with quilts like this. I find a motif or feather wreath in the solid blocks and then just do a half or quarter in the triangles. If you want to go with the cross hatch idea you could split the square in quarters on the diagonal, like of like an orange peel design and then fill in with curved cross hatching. I'm not sure if that makes sense to you or not but it is clear as mud in my mind :-). Let me know if you need me to draw what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dianne Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 I am thinking feathers might be the easiest way to go - but Heidi -if you don't mind - I'd love to see a drawing.......if it is what I think, how would you fill in the blank spaces after the cross hatching is done......clear as mud for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zora Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Feather wreaths are going to be the fastest. There is one of these on MQResource...search baskets...its fairly recent. I have one on the frame now. I think the dark green overpowers the embroidered baskets, in my opinion, so I would not make matters worse by a lot of quilting that would draw attention away from the embroidery. The one I am working on is set with pastel blue, so its not as overwhelming. I am thinking about just putting something like a daisy motif in the center of the blocks, with a half-daisy in the setting triangles. Just a simple sraight line frame, maybe double rows of stitching echoing the block, maybe three rows of stitching, with pearls in the center section like the one on MQResource, which is outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Diane, OK this is what I was talking about if you want to go with the curved cross hatching. I would of course use dark green so that the texture frames the blocks and doesn't overwhelm them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 I like that idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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