After a lot of deliberation, I chose to use a sketch I made of short diagonal lines out from the center in three concentric squares. Of course, I can't find the sketch to photograph it, so I will just have to quilt it and show it. I did not want to stitch in the ditch and call attention to the squares. I thought of curved lines radiating out, but nothing in the quilt is curved. Then I noticed that the light spreads from the inside out in short burst diagonals that are not all even and sketched it out. That is what I mean when I say I let the quilt tell me how to quilt it.
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| Detail of padding stitches and chalk lines. |
5 comments:
I think the quilting will be great on this quilt, when you are done with it. Radiant.
I like it. You should get some different texture with this motif!
That sounds really pretty! My go-to on a pieced-square top is simple straight lines down the center of the squares - boring, I know - but it bypasses all of the points where the squares meet and makes the squares look like they are pieced at half-size - ;))
Good idea for the quilting design Linda, are you going with one colour thread or a variegated?
Hope your appointment went well.
Congratulations on the progress. The quilting will happen all in good time - don't rush it!
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