lowjane

Hello I have a pattern that is an old Italian village and I would love to do it ... my problem... Well there are a lot of windows in the village and I am not doing well, I tried to cut small rectangles and squares and top stitch them and zig zag. They did not look polished enough for me- by that I mean they looked TACKY.

I then thought that I would make slits with a underlay so that I could slit the fabric, press it back and have the black window pane behind it, Nah still didn't look good.

So I am turning to you , perhaps you have a great method for me, this is to be a rustic village and the zig zag was just too heavy for it, Perhaps someone has some advice or tips, that don't involve a stiff drink?

Thank you so much
jane

dunster

Pen and ink? Fabric paint?

judykay

Maybe a lighter weight thread for the zig zag.

DogHouseMom

Straight stitch (small stitch length) the edges with mono-filiment (clear or smoke) thread.

I did that with a landscape quilt and it worked wonderfully.

DOTTYMO

Paper piecing the window.part of the houses. Start with window as 1 then the side wall and top and other side then bottom almost a log cabin plan.
Only other idea to use futile stuff and then just quilt over with area with roses or suitable stitch.

lowjane

Thank you so much for your suggestion. They are all great and I am going to make a sample of each one to see what works best for my project. Once again thank you for your help and your time, it is greatly appreciated!!

Jane