Every one! We just have to
listen! This quilt taught me that it is okay to go back to the
drawing board. These on-point blocks are huge. Thirteen and a half
inches square, causing the setting triangle to be 20 inches on it's
longest side. I sketched and quilted the first feather into the
setting triangle and stood back. Ugh! It's too big, too chunky for
the delicate hand-applique that sets this piece apart. Yes, I'm going
to show it to you!
Besides, those long, curvy lines are really difficult to control. You can see I've already
started ripping the stitches out. Back to the drawing board. Master
Quilter Sharon Schamber told me in a class once, that when an area is
too large to handle...Divide and Conquer! So, I sketched a border
into the triangle. That made for a much smaller area for the feather.
And, I changed the feather to look more lacy.
Wow, what an improvement that was! Hard to tell it's the same space. And, even though the
corner setting triangles are not as large an area, I treated them the
same. Makes that stitched border look like it's running around the
quilt, behind the on-point blocks. Success!
Simple pebbling and
stippling combine to fill the blocks around the lovely wild birds.
Look at that hummer – each wing feather is stitched separately!
Masterful applique work!
So, listen to your quilt!
It will tell you how it needs to be quilted. Even if not right away!
LOL!
Shoot
for the moon.
Even
if you miss it
you
will land among the stars.
Les
Brown
