I was in the middle of piecing the center section when travels interrupted me. Last week, I completed the outer ring of the center and was able to pin the entire design on my design wall. At the time of the photo below, the very center was not yet attached and had 1/4 inch seam allowances as when I was cutting it out, I wanted to reserved the right to decide on applique versus piecing for later. Also, on the photo, some of the design is not yet visible as I will reverse applique the 'darting' shapes that shown in the sketch above.
I had planned to put the figure on a gold background. But, I didn't care for it when I had pinned it up on my design wall. I bought some pink fabric and I think that is what I will use. Any opinions? I think the design pops much more against the pink. I also haven't decided on the final color(s) for those darting shapes.
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| Pink background |
However, as I looked at the figure on the background, I began thinking that it might make a nice lap quilt. I could see free-motion quilting the shape of the 'leaves' in blue radiating out from the design.
Any opinions on that too?
Much thanks for any input.
Hmmmm. I notice that you haven't included all of the original sketched 'bits' in the piece so far. I'm thinking that regardless of the colour of the background, there's too much space around the motif. Were you going to fill in the corners as you did in your sketch? Only then, I think, will you really know how effective the background colour would be....
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It is sort of the chicken and the egg. :) I have a full sketch with a border drawn in as if I am doing an art quilt. It has less space around the figure and those darting shapes will reverse applique in. I just put the yardage up to compare colors. I just got to thinking that I could have more space than I planned, and use contrasting quilt lines to fill in that space - if it were to be a lap quilt. I will still be evaluating this while I am in Denver as I won't have much time tomorrow for any sewing - today I had none. So, I'll talk to you more about it when I see you. :)
ReplyDeleteI like the pink background. It seems to go well with the red.
ReplyDeleteI think the pink does pop the image more...makes it stronger than the yellow.
ReplyDeleteYour photos and write-up are great, Judy. I agree with Margaret, though, that the design is a floating motif. To anchor it into the design space, either permit the motif to touch the borders, or incorporate those missing corner shapes (appliqué?), to reduce the amount of visible background (pink is definitely better; why introduce yellow at this stage when there is nothing else there in yellow?). Great job! Please don't forget to post the finished quilt photo on the Finishing School at Quilt U!!
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Dena
Hi Dena, Great to hear from you. The motif is simply hung against some yardage right now for color choice. I didn't explain that very well. The darting shapes will go in but I am reverse appliquéing them so they don't show at the moment. I think we all agree that pink is the way to go. I just finished the SAQA conference last night and return home later this week when I will get back to completing this piece. Promise to post! Great class! Judy
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