Celtic Knot on French Braid
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Celtic Knot on French Braid
So this is my Celtic Knot French Braid quilt, it is one of my very favorite quilts. The only issue I am having right now is deciding on the quilting. I can either free motion (not on a long arm sadly), embroider, or stitch in the ditch. Now I am leaning towards stitching in the ditch, the pattern/embroidery and fabrics speak enough without extras. But would love advice from experienced quilters.
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Your quilt top is stunning! I do agree that it does not need a lot of quilting in the braided/knot area but I would do some interesting quilting in the outer borders...maybe some celtic designs or McTavishing...what ever you do, it is a gorgeouse quilt!
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Wow! what a dramatic beautiful quilt. My tastes lately have been leaning towards the warm color palette of reds, oranges. Your red on black is just stunning. Combined with a celtic knot motif you do have a real winner there.
I agree that the fabrics and colors you chose do speak quite enough with out extras. So I would make the quilting subdued on this as well. I completely agree with Tesspug that some SID and duplicate the embroidered knots in your black border would look stunning. I would be half tempted to create narrow bias strips and hand applique them. Just beautiful. Please post a picture of this when it is finished.
I agree that the fabrics and colors you chose do speak quite enough with out extras. So I would make the quilting subdued on this as well. I completely agree with Tesspug that some SID and duplicate the embroidered knots in your black border would look stunning. I would be half tempted to create narrow bias strips and hand applique them. Just beautiful. Please post a picture of this when it is finished.
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