Lilacs ready to quilt
#43
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Katrine
For someone who was afraid to start a big project you did a heck of a job! All I can say is WOW!!!
I would go with your first instinct on the quilting, in the ditch on the blocks and meander around the lilacs.
Penny
For someone who was afraid to start a big project you did a heck of a job! All I can say is WOW!!!
I would go with your first instinct on the quilting, in the ditch on the blocks and meander around the lilacs.
Penny
#44
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Oh Katrine, that is just drop dead gorgeous!!! I can't wait to see it when it is all quilted...it is spectacular right now! I like your idea of FM blooms in the lilac blocks...you could stop with the stitch in the ditch on the pieced blocks..or you could add a small stipple on the outside of the pieced design and add a small stencil design inside the inner square....or you could add a small crosshatch...or you could just echo stitch around the outside of it... What are you doing in the sashing? Whatever you choose, it will be sooo pretty!
#46
thanks for some ideas Sandpat - was thinking like you for centre of pieced block. I'm going to use a lavender thread in the blossoms block, so maybe I'll contrast with a purple in the pieced. It is a big quilt & I want to keep as easy as possible!
#50
That is gorgeous. Lilacs are my favorite flower. It's really too bad that I'm allergic to the smell of them. I didn't used to be. I have some growing in my yard and went out and sniffed a smell and had an asthma attack. I wasn't even out more than 5 minutes. Sad but true.
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