I have four blocks on this quilt that are turquoise, as opposed to the black and rust of all the other blocks. I stitched out the design I had drawn. It had gold quilting in the center in a wavy grid, which I did first. By the time I finished the rest of the quilting I noticed that the gold didn't even show. It had no character. What do do? I decided to remove the gold stitching from the 2 inch center. Then I sprayed it with water to relax the fibers. As I walked by later I noticed the the center of the block now puffed up and looked so pretty, except for the seam down the middle.
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| Gold removed. You can see old stitch marks. Nice puff in the center square. |
I placed a pin perpendicular to the seam to see what it would look like with four quadrants defined. Voila! I liked the puff in four quarters better than the closer stitching that had been there. So...I stitched two straight, perpendicular lines and then a little, accent line in between, all with gold. The gold still doesn't show much, but the puff does. In the right light there is a bit of glitz visible.
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| Gold stitching in the center. Puff remains. |
TIP: Sometimes you can't plan ahead, so be open to ideas as they stumble across your quilt.
I don't like the poor backstitching on two of the feathers. I think I will do them over because they are so visible with the red thread. Yes, I know! I am fussy.
Sew some happy seams this week. I wish you design serendipity.
I really like your sense of adventure, letting the piece tell you what it wants. Keep up the good work and have a happy Fourth.
ReplyDeleteYou came up with a great solution. Thanks for sharing that idea.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I redid the red, embellishing the feathers with little spines in each feather. The result is more thread on the main spine as well. It really shows off the red. Much better!
DeleteThank you. I also redid the red (see next comment and reply). Happy, happy.
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