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| Beginning the cross hatching |
I placed an order with Superior Threads for a few more cones of Kimono Silk thread. They were having a 25% off sale. Now, I should be able to finish quilting the entire wall hanging with silk thread.
When quilting the leaves, sometimes I chalked the lines. One reason to chalk was to see if I liked the spacing or the direction of the veins. Another reason to chalk the line was that once I've drawn it, I've the muscle memory to stitch it. It seems strange but, drawing the design really does work. What is crazy is that often my stitching is better than my drawing!
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| Chalked lines |
The leaf veins provide the repetitious quilting; but, since they are a little different--it provides variety at the same time. The grands have had fun finding similar veins, similar leaves and then ones that are different. They like playing that game!
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| Leaf detail and wood detail |
When I was at a guild meeting last week, I took this project with me because I was still stuck with how to quilt the outer pieced border as well as how to quilt the backgrounds. Pat had some awesome suggestions. She took my idea of a curve in the outer border and suggested that I incorporate three blocks instead of one or two. Brilliant! She talked about quilting a cloud around the words.
JoJo suggested that I use a fill stitch like a brick wall behind the letters leaving parts of the wall out around the letters. It is great to have friends to provide input!
I am going to try the brick filler. JoJo's thought takes Pat's suggestion to a different level and will still allow me to stitch different fill stitches in the blocks. If I "get" to stitch the same filler stitch over the entire quilt, I'd be bored and it might take another six months to get to the facing and sleeve stage! Below is showing the center panel almost quilted. Perhaps, the sponge really is approaching the saturation point!
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| Center panel nearing completion |
4 comments:
It makes sense to me that you would further refine the line with quilting after you draw it! I do the same thing with hand embroidery. It's looking really good, Terry, and it sounds like you've had some good advice, too!
Looking like you're nearly ready for a new project.... burrrr,
Monica, I can see how that would for hand embroidery. I'm trying out the advice. . .I will let you know how it goes.
Nicole, one never knows what project will be started next. . .although, I still have some other projects to finish. . .there is a lot of quilting still left on this project. . .perhaps, you could use it to warm one leg????
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