Suggestions much appreciated ...
#21
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I think it's great that your buses don't mirror each other (more lifelike) so I don't think it would matter which quilting option you chose. Such a cute quilt!! On your second quilt, perhaps think of stitch in the ditch with your piano keys border then meander inside that. Just another idea...
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From Pete's Treasure Trove, an Amazon seller. Have found a few fabrics there that are difficult to get in regular stores. It's really nice fabric and best of all not babyish. The young man this quilt is for has special needs but at 21 is too old for the multitude of more babyish transport fabric. The London bus fabric is very cool. Judging by a pic sent by his mum is identical to the Roman blind in his room. I've sent her pics of the two sides. She reckons he will be in raptures with his diggers and buses.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]538825[/ATTACH]I tried to be a smarty pants by combining a meander in the centre panel with crosshatch around the borders. I didn't like it, or rather I would have if I'd done a perfect job with the straight lines, but I didn't! Omg so much unpicking to do with Xmas racing round. Managed to deliver it the week before Christmas after re-doing it with an all over meander. Here is Kyle delighted with his quilt.
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It would be nearly impossible to line up the two sides to do linear quilting that would be nice from either side. What about finding some images of buses and trucks, road signs and other truck and bus things and quilting them randomly on the quilt?
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