Bald Eagle Kaleidoscope
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Location: Ephrata, WA
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I had to think about how to quilt this quilt for a bit. Sometimes these types of quilts are a challenge for me anyway. I had to think about why?
During the process I had to ask myself: "Do I focus on the eagle?" or "Do I just focus on the element of the blocks?"
Also I think at this stage in the game I think I have recognized many things about my "style" of quilting, right?
I take the pieced design into mind and try to find lines that I can follow. Or I look at the fabric and see if I can pull off any designs in the fabric. Again in this case I did both.
For the border I simply outlined the Eagle heads so they would get some dimension...in the brown areas I loosely added texture..wavy lines, wing type designs...anything to fill them in..no rhyme or reason.
The blocks I did the same design in each block which is the feathery leaf design...it reminded me of an eagle feather so I chose that for sashing as well.
I quilted this freehand on my INNOVA. I used Hobbs polydown batting.
Thanks for looking!
During the process I had to ask myself: "Do I focus on the eagle?" or "Do I just focus on the element of the blocks?"
Also I think at this stage in the game I think I have recognized many things about my "style" of quilting, right?
I take the pieced design into mind and try to find lines that I can follow. Or I look at the fabric and see if I can pull off any designs in the fabric. Again in this case I did both.
For the border I simply outlined the Eagle heads so they would get some dimension...in the brown areas I loosely added texture..wavy lines, wing type designs...anything to fill them in..no rhyme or reason.
The blocks I did the same design in each block which is the feathery leaf design...it reminded me of an eagle feather so I chose that for sashing as well.
I quilted this freehand on my INNOVA. I used Hobbs polydown batting.
Thanks for looking!
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 10,590
I too find that part of the process difficult... What to focus on in the quilting or how to enhance the piecing. Sometimes it takes a while before you get the "that's it!" moment. You obviously made the right decisions with this one.
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