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.
