Boston1954

I drew this up in my EQ5. I am thinking that the spools are just a bit wide. I am wanting them to be closer to realistic. I know I can easily make them as skinny as I want. What do you think?

toverly

I agree, the thread part looks a smidge too wide. Love the stripes to simulate threads. For some reason I want to see white spools. Isn't it funny how conditioned I am to what I sew with. Your's looks like wood which is traditional. Good Job.

cashs_mom

I agree the spools are a bit too wide. I love the design though.

QuiltnNan

if you had not called them spools, i think i wouldn't have noticed that's what they are. i would try to make them narrower, but now they wouldn't be squares... or would you just have more space beside them?

feline fanatic

I also think the spools are too wide. In fact I did not perceive them as spools at all until I read your message. I do like how you filled the spools with two different fabrics very close in value and color.

QuiltE

Like the others, I didn't see them as spools, at first glance.
Though with the explanation, they do come to mind as the old wooden spools.
Plus, thinking back, way back .... , there was a wooden spool that more chunky, and would be more like those proportions.

Something to think about ... there are so many different types of spools today, that I so seldom see this older style, even if re-proportioned. Maybe you would want to emulate Aurifil spools? There is a free pattern to make those, somewhere on the web.

I agree, the two close-coloured-tonals works well to emulate the thread.
Good Luck! ... and have fun with it.

Boston1954

I found a different drawing I'd done a couple of years ago. This looks more like a spool, however it's not square and forces me to face them all the same way.

Jordan

I agree that the thread needs to be narrower. I really like the second picture.

suern3

The second one looks like spools to me.

QuiltE

No reason why you couldn't turn the alternates on their sides .... just provide more background top/bottom for the horizontals and left/right for the verticals to fill the space.