Bargello Heart Quilt Top - need advise
08-04-2011, 09:17 AM
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This top has been in the works for 11 years! LOL!!! It started when I took a class at a LQS, but was unable to finish. It got put away. When I recently got it back out, I realized that even though we had a pattern (was supposed to be a color wash design), that we weren't doing it by the pattern and it had become a bargello heart! I only had the bottom left half done, so was able to mirror the bottom right half. I then had to go on Excel and graph out the top half. Last night I was still "tweaking" the pattern.
Now I need some advise on the borders. The finished top is 97" x 72". Is it ok to just make the borders the same size on the top and sides to keep the oblong shape and turn it into a king size quilt? Also, what type of quilting should be done on a quilt like this - stippling on the middle, maybe feathered hearts on the borders? Any ideas are appreciated.
Now I need some advise on the borders. The finished top is 97" x 72". Is it ok to just make the borders the same size on the top and sides to keep the oblong shape and turn it into a king size quilt? Also, what type of quilting should be done on a quilt like this - stippling on the middle, maybe feathered hearts on the borders? Any ideas are appreciated.
Bargello Heart Quilt Top
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08-04-2011, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by LoriEl
It's okay to do whatever makes you happy! I have no quilting ideas but the quilt sure looks beautiful-upside down even!
What a minute-I thought it was upside down a minute ago! I must be cracking up :?
What a minute-I thought it was upside down a minute ago! I must be cracking up :?
08-04-2011, 09:29 AM
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It's a beautiful quilt....you know borders are always a hard thing to decide on...but if it were me..I would choose a dark blue inner small borer and then choose one of the medium florals that you like for a bigger outer border.
as far as quilting..well that is always subjective as well....I think if it were mine I would do some feathers that follow the lines of the hearts ..and then do some fill in work around that...then I would finish it off with a feathered outer border.
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as far as quilting..well that is always subjective as well....I think if it were mine I would do some feathers that follow the lines of the hearts ..and then do some fill in work around that...then I would finish it off with a feathered outer border.
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