But, that's not what this
quilt top maker wanted. You see, this is actually the second one she
has handed me to quilt. For the first one (sorry, long enough ago
that no pictures), I tried to quilt each colored stripe with a
different sashing design. Wow, that was kind of hard. 40 different
designs?!! When you do that, it is inevitable that some designs will
look great and some, well, not so great.
But, my customer loved it
and wanted this one done exactly the same.
To improve on the last
one, this time I decided to choose just a few designs and repeat
them randomly. That way, I could pick my favorites. And, I think the
piece has a less “jumbled” look to it, too.
Then, I used a swirl
doodle fill in the white spaces to set it off.
Here's a couple of
different looks at it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wonderful quilting! I really like the swirly doodle in the white sections. Nicely done. Not sure I would have been brave enough to do this many different designs, but you made it look beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHi! I saw your swirls on Pinterest and came to check out the post. I love your strip quilting. The quilting is actually right up Modern's current alley. I don't think most modern folks would let a quilt made of batiks be called modern unless it was super "out there," but it's interesting to watch how their quilting has expanded so that it still embraces the clean, simple, straight-line look, but also explores hyper-quilting with a variety of motifs. So this quilting still fits in the genre. That's the fun of strip quilts - you can explore with a larger variety of designs and it'll work for you like this does. Love your work on it. :)
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