Primitive1 Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 A very good friend of mine who also happens to be a great applique'r and piercer sent me this quilt to quilt for her and then recently lost her husband....rather suddenly. She is planning to show this quilt and spent a lot of time on it. I would like to do a great job on the quilting for her as a gift. I think I will do some little feather sprigs in the background of the center and prob cc the stars but I am just not sure what to do with the teeny tiny 1" squares on the borders... Any thoughts???? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Beautiful I'm sure Linda R can give you great ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Hi Vicki (and Miss Dell!) Since the squares are tiny, stitch CCs in the cream/white ones and leave the others unquilted. When you finish that treatment you will see whether it's effective (kind of a cobblestone look) or if you need to quilt the others as well. Another design might be diagonals through all---cream thread on the cream and a blender thread on the rest. Pretty quilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Thanks so much - I was thinking diagonals - because the little squares are on point the diagonals will actually be straight lines up and back and forth..which in thinking about it would probably be good for the bias-ness (is that a word?) of the borders.... I will certainly post pics when I get it finished.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Vicki you are a good friend. To me I would do a circle around the inside star to define it more. It seems to get lost. Then push back the area around the stars. My initial thinking was to do curved lines to make the start look like it is spinning. Not sure how that would work out. I like the idea of the straight lines you mention around it. That would also push the area around the stars back and make the star show up better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Would this work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted May 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 I like your idea of the border Libby... Heidi, I am not sure what you mean by a circle but that does get me thinking about making those stars stand out in the center of the round things.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Vicki, I would do a circle with the points of the star touching the circle, does that make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted May 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Yes it does... thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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