Help with design
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Help with design
Hi all,
I have to come up with a donation quilt, wall hanging, for a bingo our guild is having. I had these machine embroidered feather blocks fitting around, so I used the QAYG method and stuck them together with borders. Then I thought it looked too plain, so since I love doing wool applique, I started cutting wool shapes. I plan on free motion quilting the borders and around the applique pieces. What else does it need? Be honest. I'm not good at designing!
Thanks!
I have to come up with a donation quilt, wall hanging, for a bingo our guild is having. I had these machine embroidered feather blocks fitting around, so I used the QAYG method and stuck them together with borders. Then I thought it looked too plain, so since I love doing wool applique, I started cutting wool shapes. I plan on free motion quilting the borders and around the applique pieces. What else does it need? Be honest. I'm not good at designing!
Thanks!
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Wow. I'm kinda surprised so many people didn't like the wool applique. I was going to suggest more of that & maybe some beading in the redwork. And to keep the one applique Spring/Summer related & make the other one Fall/Winter themed.
From my view, the issue with leaving it plain is going to be how to quilt it. It can't really be quilted in a contrasting color or it will compete with the redwork -- so that means you'll have very large borders that -- especially the patterned fabric -- will not show the quilting much at all. I think at this point, I'd maybe go with a thin layer of trapunto just to help break up the borders a tiny bit with the quilting.
From my view, the issue with leaving it plain is going to be how to quilt it. It can't really be quilted in a contrasting color or it will compete with the redwork -- so that means you'll have very large borders that -- especially the patterned fabric -- will not show the quilting much at all. I think at this point, I'd maybe go with a thin layer of trapunto just to help break up the borders a tiny bit with the quilting.
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